{{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox baseball team |name = Newark Stars |established =1926 |disbanded =1926 |city = Newark, New Jersey |logo = |caplogo = |league = *Eastern Colored League (1926) |nickname = |ballpark = *Davids' Stadium }} The '''Newark Stars''' were a Negro league baseball team in the Eastern Colored League, based in Newark, New Jersey, in 1926.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/nlb/team.cgi?id=58090ec4 1926 Newark Stars]</ref><ref name="Riley">{{Cite book | last=Riley | first=James A. | title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues | url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00rile | url-access=registration | place=New York | publisher=Carroll & Graf | year=1994 | isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }}</ref> The team's owner was Wilbur Crelin and its manager and third baseman was Andy Harris.<ref>{{citation |title=Lloyd Will Manage N.Y. Lincoln Giants: Dick Lundy Will Assume Reins Dropped by 'Old Master' at Seashore |newspaper=The Afro-American |page=9 |date=March 20, 1926 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YxomAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v_0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3992%2C4302418}}</ref> The team featured outfielder Charlie Mason and second baseman George Scales; the other players were largely castoffs of other Eastern Colored League teams. Sol White, in his last appearance in uniform after a career spanning nearly 40 years in professional baseball, served as a bench coach. They played at Davids' Stadium (later known as Ruppert Stadium), the home of the Newark Bears of the International League. The Stars disbanded mid-season, and only won one game, while losing 10.<ref>{{citation |last=Lawrence |first=David |last2=Denaro |first2=Dom |title=Eastern Colored League |place=South San Francisco, CA |publisher=AJ Publishing |year=2003 |pages=52–53}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1926 Newark Stars |publisher=Seamheads.com Negro Leagues Database |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1926&teamID=NS&LGOrd=3 |access-date=December 31, 2014}}</ref>
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