Newark Stars

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{{Infobox baseball team

|name = Newark Stars

|established =1926

|disbanded =1926

|city = Newark, New Jersey

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|caplogo =

|league =

• Eastern Colored League (1926)

|nickname =

|ballpark =

• Davids' Stadium

}}The Newark Stars were a Negro league baseball team in the Eastern Colored League, based in Newark, New Jersey, in 1926.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/nlb/team.cgi?id=58090ec4 1926 Newark Stars]{{Cite book |

last=Riley |

first=James A. |

title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues | url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00rile | url-access=registration |

place=New York |

publisher=Carroll & Graf |

year=1994 |

isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }} The team's owner was Wilbur Crelin and its manager and third baseman was Andy Harris.{{citation |title=Lloyd Will Manage N.Y. Lincoln Giants: Dick Lundy Will Assume Reins Dropped by 'Old Master' at Seashore |newspaper=The Afro-American |page=9 |date=March 20, 1926 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YxomAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v_0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3992%2C4302418}} The team featured outfielder Charlie Mason and second baseman George Scales; the other players were largely castoffs of other Eastern Colored League teams. Sol White, in his last appearance in uniform after a career spanning nearly 40 years in professional baseball, served as a bench coach. They played at Davids' Stadium (later known as Ruppert Stadium), the home of the Newark Bears of the International League. The Stars disbanded mid-season, and only won one game, while losing 10.{{citation |last=Lawrence |first=David |last2=Denaro |first2=Dom |title=Eastern Colored League |place=South San Francisco, CA |publisher=AJ Publishing |year=2003 |pages=52–53}}{{cite web |title=1926 Newark Stars |publisher=Seamheads.com Negro Leagues Database |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1926&teamID=NS&LGOrd=3 |access-date=December 31, 2014}}