July 22, 1920
Montgomery, AL
"Chicago Negroes to Play Grey Sox Game - A fast and snappy game of ball is promised the followers of the Montgomery Grey Sox, Thursday when the local negro team will play the Chicago Black Sox, in an exhibition game at South Side Park at 3:30 o'clock. The Black Sox are being sent South by "Rube" Foster, who is president of the Negro Western League, for the purpose of estimating the strength of the Negro Southern League. Henry Hannon, manager of the local aggregation is confident of victory but he realizes the task ahead of him is a hard one and a real battle is expected. This should prove to be one of the best games that has been played on the local diamond this year and a record breaking crowd is expected."
Mongomery, AL
"Montgomery Greys Meet Chicago Today - Interesting Baseball Contest Promised With Coming of Black Sox For a Series - A game that should prove very interesting to the followers of the Montgomery Grey Sox will be played at South Side Park this afternoon when they meet the fast Chicago Black Sox. The Black Sox are one of the strongest teams in the western negro league and the Grey Sox hold about the same standing in the Negro Southern League. So the game should probe to be the best that has been played on the local diamond. The local team has been playing a good class of ball for the past few weeks and the hitting of the entire team has improved considerably, they have strengthened their claim on the league leadership in the last week by winning four out of five games from New Orleans and in view of the fact that Knoxville, who has been holding second place has missed about eight games in the last week or two, the locals should be able to hold their own in the race for the pennant."
Montgomery, AL
"Montgomery Sox Swamp Chicagoans - The Chicago Black Sox colored baseball club team was easily defeated Thursday afternoon by the Montgomery Gray Sox team by the score of 15 to 1. The visiting team putting up a miserable exhibition of the national pastime. Streeter, for the Grey Sox, was a puzzle to the Chicago players, and after the first inning he had his opponents at his mercy. Kemp, who started for Chicago, was easy pickings for the locals, and Smith, who succeeded him, could not check the assault. Williams, Scales, "Red" Cunningham and Herman Cunningham carried off the batting honors for the day, the quartet had little trouble in hitting the ball, when hits meant runs. Streeter established a record on the local field when he pitched twenty consecutive balls for strikes, without having a ball called by the umpire. The Chicagoans came to the city highly rated, and are leading the league in the National league for colored clubs, but their performance Thursday was the poorest seen on the local field this season. Nashville opens a three-game series here this afternoon."