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The Chicago Giants were a professional baseball team based in Chicago , Illinois which played in the Negro leagues from 1910 to 1921.

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2-502: The team was founded by Frank Leland after he and his partner, Rube Foster , split up the Leland Giants in 1910. Frank Leland's new club was sometimes also known as Leland's Chicago Giants, until a court injunction forced Frank Leland to stop using the name Leland Giants. A 1910 article about an upcoming game and parade, announced everyone would wear the team colors, "white and maroon." After Leland's death, November 14, 1914,

4-554: The team came under the control of longtime player Charles "Joe" Green . In 1920, the Chicago Giants became a founding member of the Negro National League (NNL). They played as a travelling team, without a home field, and finished in last place in both 1920 and 1921. Their best player was a young catcher/shortstop named John Beckwith , who was purchased by Rube Foster for his Chicago American Giants after

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