Algona Brownies

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| name = Algona Brownies

| established = 1902

| disbanded = 1906

| city = Algona, Iowa

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Independent (1902–1903)

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The Algona Brownies were an independent interracial baseball team that played in the 1902 and 1903 seasons. They were based in Algona, Iowa, and was primarily made up of former members of the Chicago Unions, Columbia Giants, and Chicago Union Giants teams.

During their second and final season, the team makeup changed from having both black and white players to a team of only black players. That year, their final year, they won the Western championship, defeating the Chicago Union Giants in a challenge playoff.

Players

Some of the regular players were:

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Sherman Barton, 1902–1903, outfield
Pete Burns, 1902–1903, catcher and outfield
Johnny Davis, 1903
Joe Herald, 1905, Catcher
Billy Holland, 1903, pitcher
Will Horn, 1902–1903, pitcher[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdcDIwcW1IQjVnZWs/view?usp=sharing "Algona 3, Webster City 0" Evening Times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, Friday, September 12, 1902, Page 3, Column 4]
Alexander Irwin, 1903[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHddEJjSHVKdmVaTUE/view?usp=sharing "A Good Coach" Iowa State Bystander, Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, April 29, 1904, Page 1, Column 4]
Chappie Johnson, 1902–1904, catcher[https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdc0dpbUlTelFRVVE "Algona Brownies Win the Big Game" Webster City Tribune, Webster City, IA, Page 12, Columns 4 and 5]
Albert Edward Jones, 1897, Pitcher
Bert Jones, 1903
Willis Jones, 1903
Mike Moore, 1902–1903, outfield
George Richardson, 1902–1903, SS and 2B
Ginney Robinson, 1903
Dangerfield Talbert, 1903
Albert Toney, 1903
Bert Watkins, 1905, Pitcher[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdRVFmWGFpWjFDYWM/view?usp=sharing "The Brownies Won" Iowa State Bystander, Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, June 16, 1905, Page 1, Column 2"]