# Newark Stars

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The **Newark Stars** were a [Negro league baseball](/source/Negro_league_baseball) team in the [Eastern Colored League](/source/Eastern_Colored_League), based in [Newark, New Jersey](/source/Newark,_New_Jersey), in 1926.[1][2] The team's owner was Wilbur Crelin and its manager and third baseman was [Andy Harris](/source/Andy_Harris_(baseball)).[3] The team featured outfielder [Charlie Mason](/source/Charlie_Mason_(baseball,_born_1894)) and second baseman [George Scales](/source/George_Scales); the other players were largely castoffs of other Eastern Colored League teams. [Sol White](/source/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](/source/Davids'_Stadium) (later known as Ruppert Stadium), the home of the [Newark Bears](/source/Newark_Bears_(International_League)) of the [International League](/source/International_League). The Stars disbanded mid-season, and only won one game, while losing 10.[4][5]

## References

1. [1926 Newark Stars](https://www.baseball-reference.com/nlb/team.cgi?id=58090ec4)

1. Riley, James A. (1994). [*The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues*](https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00rile). New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

1. ["Lloyd Will Manage N.Y. Lincoln Giants: Dick Lundy Will Assume Reins Dropped by 'Old Master' at Seashore"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YxomAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v_0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3992%2C4302418), *The Afro-American*, March 20, 1926, p. 9

1. Lawrence, David & Denaro, Dom (2003), "Eastern Colored League", South San Francisco, CA: AJ Publishing, pp. 52–53

1. ["1926 Newark Stars"](https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1926&teamID=NS&LGOrd=3). Seamheads.com Negro Leagues Database. Retrieved December 31, 2014.

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