National Semipro Championship
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The National Semipro Championship was a baseball
tournament that started in 1935
and became the National Baseball Congress Championship.
In the inaugural year, the integrated
Bismarck Churchills
(sometimes called the Bismarck Semipros) of Bismarck, North Dakota
beat the Halliburton Cementers of Duncan, Oklahoma
. The Cementers were backed by a million dollar factory, and featured Major League and Minor League veterans.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
tournament that started in 1935
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and became the National Baseball Congress Championship.
In the inaugural year, the integrated
Racial segregation
Racial segregation is the separation of humans into racial groups in daily life. It may apply to activities such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a public toilet, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home...
Bismarck Churchills
Bismarck Churchills
The Bismarck Churchills were an integrated semi-professional baseball team based in Bismarck, North Dakota in the 1930s. Led by Satchel Paige, Moose Johnson, and Double Duty Radcliffe, the club won the 1935 national semi-pro baseball tournament in Wichita, Kansas.The Churchills played...
(sometimes called the Bismarck Semipros) of Bismarck, North Dakota
Bismarck, North Dakota
Bismarck is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the second most populous city in North Dakota after Fargo. The city's population was 61,272 at the 2010 census, while its metropolitan population was 108,779...
beat the Halliburton Cementers of Duncan, Oklahoma
Duncan, Oklahoma
Duncan is a city in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 23,431 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Stephens County.The official birthdate of the town is considered to be when the first train arrived there on June 27, 1892...
. The Cementers were backed by a million dollar factory, and featured Major League and Minor League veterans.