The Wichita Monrovians were a

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team in the 1920s. The team beat the KKK in a baseball match in 1925. They were formerly known as the Black Wonders and were later incorporated as the Monrovian Corporation. They were named after the Liberian capital Monrovia. They apparently won 44 games out of 52 in 1925.

The Game against the KKK

On June 21st 1925 the

KKK The Ku Klux Klan (), commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is an American white supremacist, right-wing terrorist, and hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and ...

wanted to improve their image so decided to have a match against a

team. The game was decided to be against the Wichita Monrovians, the

Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan (), commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is an American white supremacist, right-wing terrorist, and hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and ...

would send out Wichita Klan 6. There was a statement sent out in the newspapers "no strangleholds, razors, horsewhips and other violent implements of argument are allowed".

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served as umpires so the

could try and make the gain more "we're not that racist" points (as the

also targets Catholics). Eventually the Monrovians won 10-8.

References

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