Thomas Bowser was an American sports executive, who owned the
Indianapolis ABCs
The Indianapolis ABCs were a Negro league baseball team that played both as an independent club and as a charter member of the first Negro National League (NNL). They claimed the western championship of black baseball in 1915 and 1916, and fini ...
of
Negro league baseball
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...
. He owned the team, along with
C. I. Taylor
Charles Isham Taylor (January 20, 1875 – February 23, 1922) was an American second baseman, manager and executive in Negro league baseball. Born in Anderson, South Carolina, he was the oldest among four sons of a Methodist minister—including ...
, in 1914 and 1915. In 1916, Taylor and Bowser split apart, and formed two separate ABCs teams. Bowser's ABCs fell apart soon after.
References
External links
Indianapolis ABCs story on MLB.com
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Negro league baseball executives
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