The New Orleans Ads were a
Negro Southern League (NSL)
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
team in 1920 based in
. The team was started by Fred Caulfield, a local backer, and the team is often referred to in newspapers as the Caulfield Ads.
"Negro Fans to Have Own Brand of Ball" New Orleans States, New Orleans, Louisiana, Monday, April 19, 1920, Page 16, Column 5
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While the NSL was regarded as a minor league throughout most of its existence, with the collapse of the first Negro National League in 1932, the league is considered a major league for that one season.
The team played opposite days from the white New Orleans Pelicans
The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans. The Pelicans compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division and play their hom ...
team at Pelican Stadium
Pelican Stadium, originally known as Heinemann Park (1915–1937), was a sports stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1915 to 1957.
Heinemann Park namesake
Alexander Julius (A.J.) Heinemann was an officer and shareholder in the New Orleans Peli ...
.
See also
*List of Negro league baseball teams This list of Negro league baseball teams is split into two pages, one listing the major league Negro teams and one listing the minor league and traveling Negro teams. Some teams are included in both lists.
*List of major Negro league baseball team ...
References
External links
1920 New Orleans Ads Calendar
Negro league baseball teams
Baseball teams established in 1920
Defunct minor league baseball teams
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Professional baseball teams in Louisiana
Defunct baseball teams in Louisiana
Baseball teams disestablished in 1920
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