The Akron Black Tyrites were a

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team that played out another team's schedule for a portion of a single season. They were based in

Akron, Ohio Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 C ...

, and were a member team of the Negro National League (II). They are also known as the Akron Grays. The

Columbus Blue Birds The Columbus Blue Birds were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Columbus, Ohio in 1931 and 1933. Founding Their name appears to have been derived from that of the Columbus Red Birds, the top-level minor league baseball team th ...

finished last in the first half of the 1933 season, were disbanded and ended up merging with the Tyrites, one of the top independent Negro league teams of their day.Tools of Ignorance
The Tyrites then more or less became the

Cleveland Giants The Cleveland Giants were a Negro league baseball team. The team played only one year, 1933. Their home games were contested at Cleveland's Luna Bowl in Luna Park. History In 1933, the struggling Columbus Blue Birds of the Negro National Le ...

, which finished out Columbus's schedule for the season. The team did not continue after 1933.

References

*Loverro, Thom. ''The Encyclopedia of Negro League Baseball''. New York:Facts on File, Inc., 2003. . Sports in Akron, Ohio Negro league baseball teams Defunct baseball teams in Ohio Baseball teams disestablished in 1933 Baseball teams established in 1933 {{Negro-league-baseball-team-stub