days later, he beats the Kansas City Cowboys 3-2, and next loses to the same team 13-4. August 13, 1886: The first meeting between the New York Gorhams and the Cuban Giants ends with a Cuban Giants victory, 25-4. December 1886 – January 1887: Cuban Giants play in Cuba again. June 1887: J.M. Bright buys the Cuban Giants from Walter Cook. 1888: The Cuban Giants join the Middle States League. They were briefly associated with the Hudson River League (as were the 'colored' New York Gorhams); the league folded less than two weeks later. August 1888: The Cuban Giants win the round-robin Colored Championship Series over the Pittsburgh Keystones, New York Gorhams and the Norfolk Red Sox. 1889: The team's last year in Trenton, the Cuban Giants join the Middle States League. 1890: Entire team leaves and plays as the Colored Monarchs of York, Pennsylvania. 1891: The Cuban Giants join the Connecticut State League. 1891: Mid-season, a good portion of the Cuban Giants, under J.M. Bright's control, leave for the Gorhams managed by S.K. Govern, now called the Big Gorhams. The Giants reassemble annually under Bright. 1894: The Cuban Giants were Eastern champions. Notes References Works cited Negro league baseball teams Baseball teams established in 1885 Baseball teams disestablished in 1915 1885 establishments in New Jersey 1915 disestablishments in New Jersey Sports in Trenton, New Jersey Defunct baseball teams in New Jersey