The Independence Champs were a Class-D minor league baseball team based in

Independence, Kansas Independence is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 8,548. It was named in commemoration of the Declaration of Independence. History Independence w ...

that played in the

Oklahoma–Arkansas–Kansas League The Oklahoma–Arkansas–Kansas League was an eight–team Class D level minor baseball league that existed in 1907. As its name indicates, it consisted of teams from Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas. Its teams were the Bartlesville Boosters, Co ...

in 1907. Multiple notable players spent time with the team, including Chick Brandom,

Drummond Brown Drummond Nicol Brown (January 31, 1885 – January 27, 1927) was a Major League Baseball catcher. Brown started his professional career in 1906, at the age of 21, in the Kansas State League. He spent 1909–12 in the Pacific Coast League. After ...

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, Danny Friend and

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