1920 Knoxville Giants

Overview

The Negro Southern League of 1920 was formed in early March. During the months of April through September the Giants played a variety of NSL and non-NSL teams. For the Knoxville Giants the season started on Wed, April 28, 1920, against the Nashville White Sox, with a three game series in Nashville, which the Giants took, two games to one. The Giants's season ended on Sat, Sept. 11, 1920, in a three game series against the Atlanta Cubs (Black Crackers). The Giants dropped that series, losing two games and winning one.

From my research, the Knoxville Giants played at least 101 games, both NSL and side games. They won 72 of these (.713 winning percentage). They played 68 NSL games, with a 44-23 record (.662 winning percentage). The non-NSL games played numbered 33. The Giants had a 27-6 record (.818 winning percentage). These do not include the "Negro League World Series" played against Rube Foster's Chicago American Giants in late September and early October.

The number of games is not fully complete, as some newspaper reports are vague and research is ongoing.

Teams of the 1920 Negro Southern League

The teams in the league were:

• Atlanta
• Birmingham
• Jacksonville
• Knoxville
• Montgomery
• Nashville
• New Orleans
• Pensacola

1920 Negro Southern League cities map

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1920 Knoxville Giants Players

• Monroe D. Young, secretary
• William M. Brooks, manager
• Anderson, c
• Larry Brown, c - BBRef Link / Seamheads Link
• Francisco Cardenas, c - BBRef Link
• Ralph "Pete" Cleage, 1b - BBRef Link / Seamheads Link
• Dana, rf
• John "Steel Arm" Dickey, p - BBRef Link / Seamheads Link
• Fred Downer, lf - Seamheads Link
• William "Buddie" Force, rhp - BBRef Link / Seamheads Link
• Grimes, c
• Peewee Hamilton, ss
• Harris, p
• Howe, rf
• Lloyd, cf
• Long, inf
• Lorie, p
• Forest "One Wing" Maddox, p and cf - BBRef Link / Seamheads Link
• May, c
• McGrue, p
• Alonzo "Fluke" Mitchell, rhp - BBRef Link / Seamheads Link
• H. Moore, p
• Pete "Bun" Moore, lhp
• "String Bean" Moore, p
• Moseley, rf
• Johnny Ray
• Russell, 3b
• Sanders, c
• Sims, c
• "Black Babe Ruth" Smith, lhp
• Smith, lf
• Norman "Turkey" Stearnes, of and p - BBRef Link / Seamheads Link / BB HoF Link / TN Sports HoF Link
• White, c
• Pete Widener, 1b
• Tom Williams, p

1920 Knoxville Giants - day by day

Date	Opponent	Location (City)	Park	KG score	Opp score	Kville Result	NSL Game?	Notes	Score type	Source 1	Source 2	Knoxville Pitcher(s)	Knoxville Catcher(s)
Fri, April 23, 1920	Indianapolis ABCs	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	9	2	W	N		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, April 24, 1920	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Sat, April 24, 1920	Dickey
Sat, April 24, 1920	Indianapolis ABCs	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	2	13	L	N	DH	score	Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, TN), Sun, April 25, 1920
Sat, April 24, 1920	Indianapolis ABCs	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	T	T		N	DH	score	Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, TN), Sun, April 25, 1920
Sun, April 25, 1920
Mon, April 26, 1920	Indianapolis ABCs	Chattanooga	Andrews field	0	7	L	N	DH	score	Indiana Daily Times (Indianapolis, IN), Tue, April 27, 1920	Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, TN), Sun, April 25, 1920
Mon, April 26, 1920	Indianapolis ABCs	Chattanooga		0	2	L	N	DH	score	Indiana Daily Times (Indianapolis, IN), Tue, April 27, 1920
Tue, April 27, 1920
Wed, April 28, 1920	Nashville White Sox	Nashville		6	2	W	Y	NSL season starts	line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Fri, April 30, 1920		Dickey	Grimes
Thu, April 29, 1920
Fri, April 30, 1920	Nashville White Sox	Nashville		7	3	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, May 1, 1920		Force	Grimes
Sat, May 1, 1920	Nashville White Sox	Nashville		2	3	L	Y		score	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Mon, May 3, 1920
Sun, May 2, 1920
Mon, May 3, 1920	Jacksonville	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	8	4	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Tue, May 4, 1920		Dickey	Grimes
Tue, May 4, 1920	Jacksonville	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	2	8	L	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Wed, May 5, 1920		Force / Smith	Grimes
Wed, May 5, 1920	Jacksonville	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	12	1	W	Y		score	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Thu, May 6, 1920	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Thu, May 6, 1920	Dickey
Thu, May 6, 1920	Atlanta Cubs	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	4	3	W	Y	11 inn.	line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Fri, May 7, 1920	The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, GA), Fri, May 7, 1920	Smith	Sanders
Fri, May 7, 1920	Atlanta Cubs	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	11	1	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, May 8, 1920		Smith	Sanders
Sat, May 8, 1920	Atlanta Cubs	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	0	1	L	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sun, May 9, 1920		Force	Grimes
Sun, May 9, 1920
Mon, May 10, 1920	New Orleans Caulfield Ads	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	10	8	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Tue, May 11, 1920	The New Orleans Item (New Orleans, LA), Tue, May 11, 1920	Smith	Grimes
Tue, May 11, 1920	New Orleans Caulfield Ads	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	14	1	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Wed, May 12, 1920		Dickey / McGrue	Grimes
Wed, May 12, 1920	New Orleans Caulfield Ads	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park							The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Wed, May 12, 1920
Thu, May 13, 1920	Montgomery or Nashville	Knoxville								The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Wed, May 12, 1920
Fri, May 14, 1920	Montgomery or Nashville	Knoxville								The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Wed, May 12, 1920
Sat, May 15, 1920	Montgomery or Nashville	Knoxville								The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Wed, May 12, 1920
	Atlanta	Chattanooga		6	0	W	Y	DH – no firm date	score	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Tue, May 18, 1920		Dickey
	Atlanta	Chattanooga		3	0	W	Y	DH – no firm date	score	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Tue, May 18, 1920		Bun Moore
Sun, May 16, 1920
Mon, May 17, 1920
Tue, May 18, 1920
Wed, May 19, 1920
Thu, May 20, 1920
Fri, May 21, 1920	Pensacola Giants	Pensacola	Moro Castle	1	2	L	Y		box	The Pensacola Journal (Pensacola, FL), Sat, May 22, 1920		Force	Grimes
Sat, May 22, 1920	Pensacola Giants	Pensacola	Moro Castle	8	2	W	Y		box	The Pensacola Journal (Pensacola, FL), Sun, May 23, 1920		Smith	Grimes
Sun, May 23, 1920	Pensacola Giants	Pensacola	Moro Castle	4	1	W	Y		box	The Pensacola Journal (Pensacola, FL), Mon, May 24, 1920		Dickey	Grimes
Mon, May 24, 1920	Jacksonville	Jacksonville
Tue, May 25, 1920	Jacksonville	Jacksonville		5	3	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Wed, May 26, 1920		Dickey
Wed, May 26, 1920	Jacksonville	Jacksonville
Thu, May 27, 1920	Atlanta Cubs	Atlanta		8	4	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Fri, May 28, 1920		Dickey
Fri, May 28, 1920	Atlanta Cubs	Atlanta		5	3	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, May 29, 1920		Force
Sat, May 29, 1920	Atlanta Cubs	Atlanta		6	8	L	Y		score	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sun, May 30, 1920		Bun Moore
Sun, May 30, 1920
Mon, May 31, 1920
Tue, June 1, 1920								12 inn. - date?	line	The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL), Thu, June 3, 1920		Dickey	Grimes
Wed, June 2, 1920	Birmingham Black Barons	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	4	0	W	Y		score	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Thu, June 3, 1920		Dickey
Thu, June 3, 1920	Birmingham Black Barons	Knoxville					Y	rain out		The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Fri, June 4, 1920
Fri, June 4, 1920	Birmingham Black Barons	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	8	4	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, June 5, 1920		Force	Grimes
Sat, June 5, 1920	Birmingham Black Barons	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	4	0	W	Y	DH – 9 inn.	line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sun, June 6, 1920		Maddox	Grimes
Sat, June 5, 1920	Birmingham Black Barons	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	2	0	W	Y	DH – 5 inn.	line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sun, June 6, 1920		Moore	Grimes
Sun, June 6, 1920
Mon, June 7, 1920	Asheville	Asheville, NC		11	4	W	N		score	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Tue, June 8, 1920		Smith
Tue, June 8, 1920	Asheville	Asheville, NC		8	1	W	N	DH	score	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Wed, June 9, 1920
Tue, June 8, 1920	Asheville	Asheville, NC		8	0	W	N	DH	score	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Wed, June 9, 1920
Wed, June 9, 1920	Asheville	Asheville, NC	Oates park	4	2	W	N	alt score: 5-2	line	The Asheville Citizen (Asheville, NC), Wed, June 9, 1920	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Thu, June 10, 1920	Dickey
Thu, June 10, 1920	Nashville White Sox	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	1	0	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Fri, June 11, 1920		Maddox	Grimes
Fri, June 11, 1920	Nashville White Sox	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	8	4	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, June 12, 1920		Force	Grimes
Sat, June 12, 1920	Nashville White Sox	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park				Y
Sun, June 13, 1920	Barber College	Memphis		5	4	W	N	12 inn.	line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Mon, June 14, 1920		Dickey	Grimes
Mon, June 14, 1920	Barber College	Memphis		10	2	W	N		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Wed, June 16, 1920		Maddox	Grimes
Mon, June 14, 1920	Barber College	Memphis					N
Tue, June 15, 1920	New Orleans Caulfield Ads	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	1	0	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Wed, June 16, 1920	The Pensacola Journal (Pensacola, FL), Wed, June 16, 1920	Force	White
Wed, June 16, 1920	New Orleans Caulfield Ads	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	11	1	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Thu, June 17, 1920		Moore	White / Grimes
Thu, June 17, 1920	Montgomery Giants	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	5	3	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Fri, June 18, 1920	The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL), Sat, June 19, 1920	Dickey	Grimes
Fri, June 18, 1920	Montgomery Giants	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	2	5	L	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, June 19, 1920	The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL), Sat, June 19, 1920	Maddox	Grimes
Sat, June 19, 1920	Columbus Gallo Tailors	Columbus, OH	Neil Park	9	2	W	N	White team	line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sun, June 20, 1920		Dickey	Grimes
Sun, June 20, 1920
Mon, June 21, 1920	Birmingham Black Barons	Birmingham	Rickwood Field	1	0	W	Y	Source 2 paper date is wrong	box	The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL), Tue, June 22, 1920	The Birmingham Reporter (Birmingham, AL), Sat, June 19, 1920	Lorie	Sims
Tue, June 22, 1920	Birmingham Black Barons	Birmingham	Rickwood Field	5	4	W	Y	Source 2 paper date is wrong	line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Wed, June 23, 1920	The Birmingham Reporter (Birmingham, AL), Sat, June 19, 1920	Force	Grimes
Wed, June 23, 1920	Birmingham Black Barons	Birmingham	Rickwood Field	4	0	W	Y	Source 2 paper date is wrong	box	The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL), Thu, June 24, 1920	The Birmingham Reporter (Birmingham, AL), Sat, June 19, 1920	B. Moore	Grimes
Thu, June 24, 1920	Bessemer	Birmingham		7	6	W	N		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Fri, June 25, 1920		Smith	Grimes
Fri, June 25, 1920
Sat, June 26, 1920	Montgomery	Montgomery	South Side	7	8	L	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sun, June 27, 1920		Maddox	Grimes
Sun, June 27, 1920	Montgomery	Montgomery		2	1	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Mon, June 28, 1920		Dickey	Grimes
Mon, June 28, 1920	Montgomery	Montgomery	South Side				Y	advertisement		The Montgomery Times (Montgomery, AL), Mon, June 28, 1920
Tue, June 29, 1920	Montgomery	Montgomery	South Side				Y	advertisement		The Montgomery Times (Montgomery, AL), Tue, June 29, 1920
Wed, June 30, 1920	Montgomery	Knoxville		9	0	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Thu, July 1, 1920		Dickey	Grimes
Thu, July 1, 1920	Montgomery	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	3	4	L	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Fri, July 2, 1920	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Fri, July 2, 1920	Moore / Force	Grimes
Fri, July 2, 1920	Montgomery	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park
Sat, July 3, 1920	Birmingham Black Barons	Knoxville		0	8	L			line	The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL), Sun, July 4, 1920		Maddox	Grimes
Sun, July 4, 1920
Mon, July 5, 1920	Birmingham Black Bears	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	3	2	W	Y	DH	line	The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL), Tue, July 6, 1920		Moore	Grimes
Mon, July 5, 1920	Birmingham Black Bears	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	2	5	L	Y	DH	line	The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL), Tue, July 6, 1920		Steel	Grimes
Tue, July 6, 1920	Birmingham Black Bears	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	4	3	W	Y	2nd source tells different story	line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Wed, July 7, 1920	The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL), Wed, July 7, 1920	Force	Grimes
Wed, July 7, 1920	Birmingham Black Bears	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park
Thu, July 8, 1920
Fri, July 9, 1920	Columbus Francis Dry Cleaners	Columbus, OH	Neil Park	15	0	W	N		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, July 10, 1920	The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH), Sat, July 10, 1920	Dickey	Grimes
Sat, July 10, 1920	Buckeye Steel Castings Co.	Columbus, OH	Neil Park	3	0	W	N		score	The Columbus Sunday Dispatch (Columbus, OH), Sun, July 11, 1920		Force
Sun, July 11, 1920	Columbus Grays	Columbus, OH	Columbus Driving Park					KG left town
Mon, July 12, 1920	Winston-Salem Pond Giants	Winston-Salem, NC	Prince Albert Park	4	1	W	N		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Tue, July 13, 1920		Dickey	Grimes
Tue, July 13, 1920	Winston-Salem Pond Giants	Winston-Salem, NC	Prince Albert Park	1	0	W	N		score	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Wed, July 14, 1920	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Wed, July 14, 1920	Moore	Grimes
Wed, July 14, 1920
Thu, July 15, 1920
Fri, July 16, 1920	Winston-Salem Pond Giants	Winston-Salem, NC	Prince Albert Park	5	2	W	N		score	The Winston-Salem Journal (Winston-Salem, NC) Sat, July 17, 1920		Moore	Grimes
Sat, July 17, 1920	Winston-Salem Pond Giants	Winston-Salem, NC	Prince Albert Park	9	4	W	N		score	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Mon, July 19, 1920
Sun, July 18, 1920
Mon, July 19, 1920		Asheville, NC
Tue, July 20, 1920	Asheville Royal Giants	Asheville, NC	Oates park	5	3	W	N	Dickey wins 24 straight	line	The Asheville Citizen (Asheville, NC), Wed, July 21, 1920	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Wed, July 21, 1920	Dickey	Grimes
Wed, July 21, 1920		Asheville, NC
Thu, July 22, 1920	Pensacola Giants	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	0	2	L	Y		score	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Fri, July 23, 1920		Harris	Sanders
Fri, July 23, 1920	Pensacola Giants	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	8	0	W	Y	Dickey gets 25th straight win	score	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, July 24, 1920		Dickey
Sat, July 24, 1920	Pensacola Giants	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	5	1	W	Y		score	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Mon, July 26, 1920		Force
Sun, July 25, 1920
Mon, July 26, 1920	Asheville Royal Giants	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	4	1	W	N		score	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Tue, July 27, 1920	Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, NC), Tue, July 27, 1920	Maddox	Grimes
Tue, July 27, 1920	Asheville Royal Giants	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	2	0	W	N		score	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Wed, July 28, 1920		Harris	Sanders
Wed, July 28, 1920	Asheville Royal Giants	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	3	2	W	N		score	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Thu, July 29, 1920		Force	Anderson
Thu, July 29, 1920	Montgomery	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	3	5	L	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Fri, July 30, 1920		Dickey	Sanders
Fri, July 30, 1920	Montgomery	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park
Sat, July 31, 1920
Sun, Aug. 1, 1920	Dixie Cuban All-Stars	Chattanooga	Andrews Field	5	1	W	N	DH – 9 inn.	line	Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, TN), Mon, Aug. 2, 1920		Force	Sanders
Sun, Aug. 1, 1920	Dixie Cuban All-Stars	Chattanooga	Andrews Field	2	3	L	N	DH – 7 inn.	line	Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, TN), Mon, Aug. 2, 1920		Maddox	Sanders
Mon, Aug. 2, 1920	Dixie Cuban All-Stars	Chattanooga	Andrews Field	4	1	W	N		line	Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, TN), Tue, Aug. 3, 1920		Dickey	Sanders
Tue, Aug. 3, 1920
Wed, Aug. 4, 1920
Thu, Aug. 5, 1920	Nashville White Sox	Knoxville	Booker Washington Park	2	1	W	Y	10 innings	score	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Fri, Aug. 6, 1920		Harris	Sanders
Fri, Aug. 6, 1920	Nashville White Sox	Knoxville	Booker Washington Park	3	4	L	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, Aug. 7, 1920		Mitchell	Sanders
Sat, Aug. 7, 1920	Nashville White Sox	Knoxville	Booker Washington Park	3	6	L	Y	1st series loss	score	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sun, Aug. 8, 1920		Maddox
Sun, Aug. 8, 1920
Mon, Aug. 9, 1920	Winston-Salem Pond Giants	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	2	3	L	N		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Tue, Aug. 10, 1920
Tue, Aug. 10, 1920	Winston-Salem Pond Giants	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	9	1	W	N	forfeit		The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Wed, Aug. 11, 1920	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Wed, Aug. 11, 1920	Dickey	Smith
Wed, Aug. 11, 1920	Winston-Salem Pond Giants	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	1	4	L	N		score	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Thu, Aug. 12, 1920
Thu, Aug. 12, 1920
Fri, Aug. 13, 1920	Winston-Salem Pond Giants	Winston-Salem, NC	Prince Albert Park	7	2	W	N		score	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, Aug. 14, 1920		Mitchell	Smith
Sat, Aug. 14, 1920	Winston-Salem Pond Giants	Winston-Salem, NC	Prince Albert Park					Game scheduled per news story		The Winston-Salem Journal (Winston-Salem, NC), Thu, Aug. 12, 1920
Sun, Aug. 15, 1920	Montgomery	Montgomery	South Side park	1	2	L	Y		line	The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL), Mon, Aug. 16, 1920		Post	Sanders
Mon, Aug. 16, 1920	Montgomery	Montgomery		1	4	L	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Tue, Aug. 17, 1920		Dickey	Smith
Tue, Aug. 17, 1920
Wed, Aug. 18, 1920
Thu, Aug. 19, 1920	New Orleans Caulfield Ads	New Orleans		1	1	T	Y	5 inning tie	score	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Fri, Aug. 20, 1920		Moore	Sanders
Fri, Aug. 20, 1920	New Orleans Caulfield Ads	New Orleans		3	0	W	Y	DH	line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, Aug. 21, 1920		Force	Sanders
Fri, Aug. 20, 1920	New Orleans Caulfield Ads	New Orleans		4	3	W	Y	DH	line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, Aug. 21, 1920		Force	Sanders
Sat, Aug. 21, 1920	New Orleans Caulfield Ads	New Orleans		3	4	L	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sun, Aug. 22, 1920		Dickey	Smith
Sun, Aug. 22, 1920	New Orleans Caulfield Ads	New Orleans		6	1	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Mon, Aug. 23, 1920		Maddox	Smith
Mon, Aug. 23, 1920	Birmingham Black Barons	Birmingham	Rickwood Field	1	5	L	Y		box	The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL), Tue, Aug. 24, 1920	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Tue, Aug. 24, 1920	Moore / Dickey	Smith
Tue, Aug. 24, 1920	Birmingham Black Barons	Birmingham	Rickwood Field	5	6		Y	DH – 13 inn.	box	The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL), Wed, Aug. 25, 1920	The Birmingham Reporter (Birmingham, AL), Sat, Aug. 28, 1920	Force	Brown
Tue, Aug. 24, 1920	Birmingham Black Barons	Birmingham	Rickwood Field	3	0	W	Y	DH – 5 inn.	box	The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL), Wed, Aug. 25, 1920	The Birmingham Reporter (Birmingham, AL), Sat, Aug. 28, 1920	Dickey	Brown
Wed, Aug. 25, 1920	Atlanta Black Crackers	Atlanta	Ponce de Leon	1	8	L	Y		line	The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, GA), Thu, Aug. 26, 1920		Dickey / Maddox	Brown
Thu, Aug. 26, 1920	Atlanta Black Crackers	Atlanta		3	2	W	Y		line	The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, GA), Fri, Aug. 27, 1920		J. Moore	Brown
Fri, Aug. 27, 1920	Atlanta Black Crackers	Atlanta
Fri, Aug. 27, 1920	Atlanta Black Crackers	Atlanta
Sat, Aug. 28, 1920
Sun, Aug. 29, 1920
Mon, Aug. 30, 1920	Montgomery	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	3	0	W	Y		score	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Tue, Aug. 31, 1920		Force
Tue, Aug. 31, 1920	Montgomery	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	W	L	W	Y	forfeit or tie		The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Wed, Sept. 1, 1920		Dickey
Wed, Sept. 1, 1920	Montgomery	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	3	0	W	Y		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Thu, Sept. 2, 1920	The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL), Thu, Sept. 2, 1920	Dickey	Smith
Thu, Sept. 2, 1920
Fri, Sept. 3, 1920
Sat, Sept. 4, 1920
Sun, Sept. 5, 1920
Mon, Sept. 6, 1920	Asheville	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	5	2	W	N	DH – 9 inn.	line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Tue, Sept. 7, 1920		Dickey	Brown
Mon, Sept. 6, 1920	Asheville	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	11	0	W	N	DH – 9 inn.	line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Tue, Sept. 7, 1920		Bun Moore	Brown
Tue, Sept. 7, 1920	Atlanta Cubs	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	1	4	L	Y		line	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Wed, Sept. 8, 1920		Force	Brown
Wed, Sept. 8, 1920								rain out		The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Fri, Sept. 10, 1920
Thu, Sept. 9, 1920								rain out		The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Fri, Sept. 10, 1920
Fri, Sept. 10, 1920	Atlanta Cubs	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	0	1	L	Y	DH	score	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Sat, Sept. 11, 1920
Fri, Sept. 10, 1920	Atlanta Cubs	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	4	0	W	Y	DH	score	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Sat, Sept. 11, 1920
Sat, Sept. 11, 1920	Atlanta Cubs	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	0	3	L	Y	NSL season ends	score	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sun, Sept. 12, 1920		Starnes
Sun, Sept. 12, 1920
Mon, Sept. 13, 1920	Capt. Johnson’s All-Stars	Norfolk, VA		7	2	W	N		score	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Tue, Sept. 14, 1920	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Tue, Sept. 14, 1920	Force / Dickey	Smith
Tue, Sept. 14, 1920	Capt. Johnson’s All-Stars	Norfolk, VA		7	4	W	N		line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Wed, Sept. 15, 1920		Force
Wed, Sept. 15, 1920
Tue, Sept. 21, 1920	Chicago Giants	Birmingham		0	9	L		WS Game 1 - forfeit by Knoxville	box	The Birmingham Reporter (Birmingham, AL), Sat, Sept. 25, 1920	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, Sept. 25, 1920	Dickey	Cardenas
Wed, Sept. 22, 1920	Chicago Giants	Birmingham	Rickwood Field	3	5	L		WS Game 2	box	The Birmingham Reporter (Birmingham, AL), Sat, Sept. 25, 1920	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, Sept. 25, 1920	Tom Williams	Cardenas
Thu, Sept. 23, 1920	Chicago Giants	Birmingham		2	7	L		WS Game 3	line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Fri, Sept. 24, 1920		Force	Sanders
Fri, Sept. 24, 1920	Chicago Giants	Birmingham						WS Game 4
Sat, Sept. 25, 1920	Chicago Giants	New Orleans						No evidence of game played
Sun, Sept. 26, 1920	Chicago Giants	New Orleans						No evidence of game played
Mon, Sept. 27, 1920
Tue, Sept. 28, 1920
Wed, Sept. 29, 1920
Thu, Sept. 30, 1920
Fri, Oct. 1, 1920	Chicago Giants	Knoxville	Booker T. Washington Park	1	9	L		WS Game 5	line	The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), Sat, Oct. 2, 1920	The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), Sat, Oct. 2, 1920	Williams / Force	Smith / Sanders
Sat, Oct. 2, 1920	Chicago Giants	Knoxville		1	2	L		WS Game 6	line	Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL), Sat, Oct. 2, 1920		Dickey	Smith
Sun, Oct. 3, 1920	Chicago Giants	Chattanooga	Andrews					planned DH - No evidence of game played		The Sunday Times (Chattanooga, TN), Sun, Sept., 26, 1920
Sun, Oct. 3, 1920	Chicago Giants	Chattanooga	Andrews					planned DH - No evidence of game played		The Sunday Times (Chattanooga, TN), Sun, Sept., 26, 1920

NSL Standings in the newspapers

• in The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, GA) - May 23, 1920
• in The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN) - June 2, 1920
• in The Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN) - June 24, 1920
• in The Montgomery Times (Montgomery, AL) - June 25, 1920
• in The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL) - June 25, 1920
• as of July 20 in The Pensacola Journal (Pensacola, FL) - Aug 9, 1920
• as of July 31 in The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL) - Aug 3, 1920
• as of Sept 5 in The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN) - Sept 6, 1920

References / Resources

• various newspapers at Chronicling America (Library of Congress)
• various newspapers at GenealogyBank.com
• various newspapers at Newspapers.com
• Allen, Ronald R. Same Old Smokies: A brief history of baseball in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1865-1954, self published, 2008
• Plott, William J. The Negro Southern League: A Baseball History, 1920-1951, McFarland, 2015
• Notes compiled by Plott, Johnson, Lester, Ashwill

Credit

This page was assembled and presented by Mark D. Aubrey.

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