thumb|left|350px|Paige at the 1936 East–West All-Star Game In September, Paige could not return to the NNL because he was banned from the league for the 1935 season for jumping to the Bismarck team. J. L. Wilkinson, owner of the independent Kansas City Monarchs, signed Paige on a game-by-game basis through the end of the season.Ribowsky 1994, pp. 133–136.
thumb|left|350px|Paige at the 1936 East–West All-Star Game In September, Paige could not return to the NNL because he was banned from the league for the 1935 season for jumping to the Bismarck team. J. L. Wilkinson, owner of the independent Kansas City Monarchs, signed Paige on a game-by-game basis through the end of the season.Ribowsky 1994, pp. 133–136.