The New Orleans Ads were a
Negro Southern League (NSL)
baseball team in 1920 based in
New Orleans, Louisiana. 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.
See also
* List of Negro league baseball teams
References
External links
1920 New Orleans Ads Calendar
Negro league baseball teams
Baseball teams established in 1920
Defunct minor league baseball teams
Ads
Professional baseball teams in Louisiana
Defunct baseball teams in Louisiana
Baseball teams disestablished in 1920
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