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	Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Washington is surrounded by the states of Virginia (on its western side) and Maryland (on its southeast, northeast, and northwest sides); it interrupts those states' common border, which is the Potomac River's southern shore both upstream and downstream from the District.
		Washington was an important center in the genesis of punk rock in the United States.
		The George Washington University, founded by an act of Congress in 1821, is the largest institution of higher education in the nation's capital with its main campus in Foggy Bottom and its Mount Vernon campus in the Foxhall neighborhood of Northwest Washington.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Washington_dc (6792 words)

	Washington, D.C. - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The flag of Washington, DC is based on the coat of arms borne by the English ancestors of George Washington.
		The Washington area was the target of at least one of the four hijacked planes in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
		At the peak of the violent crime wave, in the early 1990s, Washington DC was known as the murder capital of the U.S. The number of homicides peaked in 1991, with 482 in that year.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Washington,_DC (5234 words)

	Baltimore Elite Giants - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Nashville Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues.
		In 1935, the team moved to Columbus, Ohio and became the Columbus Elite Giants.
		In 1937, the team moved to Washington D.C. and became the Washington Elite Giants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baltimore_Elite_Giants (226 words)

	Washington, D.C. - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Washington is surrounded by the states of Virginia (on its southwest side, and a small part of its northwest one) and Maryland (on its southeast and northeast sides, and most of its northwest one); it interrupts those states' common border, which is the Potomac River both upstream and downstream from the District.
		Washington Metro area is home to several professional sports teams: the MLS D.C. United, the NHL Washington Capitals, the NBA Washington Wizards, the WNBA Washington Mystics, the MLB Washington Nationals, and the NFL Washington Redskins (now based at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland).
		Washington, D.C. is served by three major airports, two of them located in suburban Virginia and one located in Maryland.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/w/a/s/Washington,_D.C._323f.html (5575 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Washington D.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Washington is surrounded by the states of Virginia (on its southwest side) and Maryland (on its southeast, northeast, and northwest sides); it interrupts those states' common border, which is the Potomac River's southern shore both upstream and downstream from the District.
		Washington's climate is subtropical with some variations between summer and winter, although it is moderated by its proximity to the coast, making its climate more moderate than cities at a similar latitude further inland.
		Washington, D.C. is first and foremost a company town, with the primary company being, of course, the federal government.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/washington_d.c. (6570 words)

	Washington DC Travel : Washington DC Hotels, Dinning, Night Life, Sports And Universities
		Washington is the perfect city to have a look at the sense of the diversity and historic wealth.
		The George Washington University was founded in 1821 by Baptists as Columbian College.It is a privately running university and holds the distinction of being the first institution in the United States to grant a Ph.D. in 1888.
		USAFL Baltimore Washington Eagles, the NWFA D.C. Divas, the Minor League Football DC Explosion, and the Washington Cricket League are some of the professional and semi-professional teams housed in city.
	www.usa-travelcities.com /washingtondc.php (1663 words)

	Washington, D.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C. Washington; the Nation's Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United States of America.
		Washington may have chosen the site for its natural scenery, in the belief that the Potomac had the potential to be a great navigable waterway, or even in the hope of increasing the value of his land holdings in the area.
		The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on March 29, 1961 allowing residents of Washington, DC to vote for president and have their votes count in the Electoral College the same as the least populous state, which currently has three electoral votes.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/washington_d_c (4896 words)

	Washington Nationals : News : Washington Nationals News
		There are a handful of reasons why Washington's newest professional baseball team has just been named the Nationals, and historical significance is one of them.
		The original Washington Nationals played in the National Association in 1873 and 1875; the Union Association's Washington Nationals played in 1884; and the American Association's Washington Nationals played in 1884 as well.
		It was one of the unique examples in sports history in which it didn't matter what anyone in an official capacity had named the club -- the fans decided their own name informally in that case, and, after all those years, ownership eventually gave in.
	washington.nationals.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20041121&content_id=915374&vkey=news_was&fext=.jsp&c_id=was (538 words)

	NCRL: 1999 Baseball News
		He and sister Thelma were sent to Washington to live with their aunt and uncle when Calvin was 11 and Thelma was 9 because their parents were struggling financially.
		Griffith was a bat boy in 1924-25 for the Washington Senators, the team for which his uncle and adopted father became a Hall of Fame pitcher.
		He played initially with the Algiers Giants and the Jax Red Sox before jumping in 1935 to the Zulu Cannibal Giants, a barnstorming team that had grass skirts as uniforms and traveled throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada.
	members.aol.com /jostorage/ncrl/news/99news.html (9331 words)

	VZ Local - Washington, District of Columbia City Guide
		The significant expansion of the federal government to administer the war-and its legacies, such as veterans' pensions-led to notable growth in the city's population.
		This arrangement has the effect of making the Washington economy virtually recession proof relative to the rest of the country, because the federal government will still operate no matter the state of the general economy-and often grows during recessions.
		Dulles is the busiest airport in the region by passengers served, and the second busiest international gateway on the Eastern Seaboard.
	www.vzlocal.com /Washington-DC.html (5602 words)

	Washington D.C. Tickets Broker - Washington D.C. City Tickets, Venue Information, Event Schedules Tickets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nation's Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United States of America.
		If Washington, D.C. were considered as a state, it would rank last in area behind Rhode Island, and 50th in population ahead of only Wyoming.
		The centers of all three branches of the U.S. federal government are in Washington, as well as the headquarters of most federal agencies.
	www.ticketspecialists.com /cities/washington_dc_city.htm (1208 words)

	Wild Bill Wright
		From 1932 to 1945 Wild Bill Wright was a permanent fixture in the outfield of Tom Wilson's Elite Giants.
		Joining the Nashville Elite Giants in 1932, Wright delivered a dazzling rookie performance, compiling a.300 average at the plate.
		Although the records are incomplete, it seems certain from existing box scores and the accounts of his contemporaries that during his 10 seasons with the Elite Giants Wright compiled at least a.350 average at the plate.
	www.negroleaguebaseball.com /players/Wright.html (366 words)

	Kansas City Monarchs - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		He put together a formidable collection of talent, including pitcher/outfielder Bullet Rogan, an eventual Hall of Famer who established himself as one of the most popular stars of the new league; sluggers Dobie Moore, Heavy Johnson, George Carr, and Hurley McNair; and pitchers Reuben Currie and Cliff Bell.
		After three years of failing to break the Giants' hold on the pennant, Wilkinson fired manager Sam Crawford in mid-1923, replacing him with veteran Cuban star José Méndez, who sparked the Monarchs to the league championship.
		After winning the first-half pennant, the Monarchs dropped a best of nine playoff to the Chicago American Giants when Rogan lost both games of a series-closing doubleheader to the young Bill Foster (another eventual Hall of Famer).
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Kansas_City_Monarchs (1335 words)

	Hughes, Sammy T. - Negro Leaguer
		After spending 1932 with the Washington Pilots, he joined the Elite Giants in 1933.
		With the exception of 1941, which he spent in Mexico, Hughes stayed with the Elites until his retirement.
		The closest he came was 1936, when his Washington Elite Giants won the NNL first-half crown and faced the second-half winners, the Pittsburgh Crawfords.
	www.nlbpa.com /hughes_sammy.html (305 words)

	Blackbaseball.com :: Negro Baseball Leagues :: Bill Wright (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Big, strong and fast, the switch-hitting centerfielder starred for the Elite Giants franchise for a decade and spent an additional 15 years playing in Mexico.
		Wright earned the nickname "Wild Bill" as a teenaged pitcher with control problems, but he kept the moniker by running wild on the bases, circling the bases in 13.2 seconds.
		Nashville Elite Giants (32-34), Columbus Elite Giants (35), Washington Elite Giants (36-37), Baltimore Elite Giants (38-39, 42, 45), Mexican League (40-41,43-44,46-56)
	www.blackbaseball.com /players/billwright.htm (202 words)

	Henry Kimbro
		With a Kirby Puckett type build, the stocky, powerful Kimbro was a threat on the base path, a superlative fielder, and consistently among the leaders in most all hitting categories during the '40s.
		Beginning his career in 1937 with the Washington Elite Giants, Kimbro remained with Tom Wilson's aggregation for virtually of his career, compiling a lifetime.315 batting average and representing the Baltimore Elite Giants five times in the East-West All-Star Game.
		Kimbro, described by Ted Radcliffe as "the wildest man I ever saw in baseball and, absolutely, the hardest to manage, himself managed the Baltimore Elite Giants briefly during the 1950s before retiring in his hometown of Nashville.
	www.negroleaguebaseball.com /players/Kimbro.html (323 words)

	Washington Nationals : News : News Archive
		City zoning officials have approved Mayor Anthony A. Williams' plan for the new Washington Nationals baseball stadium, including his proposal to cloak four levels of parking inside two condominium towers.
		Left fielder Alfonso Soriano said on Thursday afternoon that he wants to remain a member of the Washington Nationals because he likes the young talent and he wants to play in the new ballpark.
		For the second straight day, the Nationals and Marlins found themselves in a slugfest in the early innings on Thursday afternoon at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, but the game settled down with the Nationals winning the game, 8-7, thanks to an RBI single by Ryan Zimmerman.
	washington.nationals.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/search_archive.jsp?c_id=was (672 words)

	Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The Elites would play them every year and finally in 1939 the Elites claimed the championship, beating the Grays in a four-team post season tournament.
		In 1949, after the league had been reconstructed and under the new management of Lennie Pearson, the Elites won the Eastern Division and Western Division.
		When the team returned to Nashville for a final season, they dissolved and the Elite Giants were no longer in exist.
	www.usd230.k12.ks.us /nlbm/teambios/belitegiant.htm (189 words)

	The Price of Freedom in Iraq and Power in Washington
		Lesser known than defense giants like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon, Alliant nonetheless may be the defense company that profits most consistently from the war in Iraq and for the wars for "regime change" that may be yet to come under the Bush administration’s first-strike military doctrine.
		Bechtel was widely regarded as a highly capable contender for the $600 million plus contract, yet its ties to Washington are so intricately and firmly woven that it’s nearly impossible not to imagine what kind of pressure was on the contracting decision.
		The contract with BP is may be a partial payback for the United Kingdom’s commitment of combat troops to the U.S.-led war against Hussein’s regime; and the Japanese deal has been discussed as "bait" to lure the Japanese government into supplying personnel for security and policing functions in occupied Iraq.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article4495.htm (3839 words)

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		Chicago American Giants, Chicago Giants, Dayton Marcos, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABC’s, Kansas City Monarchs, St. Louis Giants, and the Cuban Stars.
		Unfortunately the Eastern Interstate League died mid-season with the Cuban Giants resurfacing in the Connecticut State League.
		Cuban Giants 1885-1899 (I) 1885-1888, 1892-1899, (MSL) 1889-1890,
	www.tonydeesnegroleague.com /page/page/935817.htm (1020 words)

	Oscar Charleston
		After stints with the American Giants and New York Lincoln Stars, he rejoined Indianapolis when the Negro National League was organized in 1920.
		Through 1923, the lefthanded-hitting and throwing Charleston posted a.370 batting average with the NNL ABC's and St. Louis Giants, and in 1921 led the league in hitting (.446), triples (10), HR (14), total bases (137), slugging (.774), and stolen bases (28), finishing second with 79 hits in 50 games.
		From 1922 to 1925, he was player-manager for the Eastern Colored League Harrisburg Giants, and, after a second-division finish in 1924, he led them to three consecutive second-place finishes.
	www.baseball-statistics.com /HOF/Charleston.htm (837 words)

	Wild Bill Wright
		Wild Bill spent his entire Negro League career with the Elite Giants (pronounced "Eee-lite"), from their start in Columbus, to Washington, D.C., and finally to Baltimore.
		When he was offered a tryout with the Columbus Elite Giants in 1932, he was switched to the outfield, where he stayed his entire Negro League career.
		Wright batted in the heart of the order, usually third, for the Elite Giants for a decade, and batted as high as.400 several times.
	www.pitchblackbaseball.com /nlotmwildbillwright.html (633 words)

	Washington Senators Baseball,Go Nats!, Washington Baseball Historical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Of course, exceptional Washington Senators' collectables were the order of the day.
		Several years ago I found a number of 8 1/2 X 11 photographs that were evidently rejected for publication by the Washington Post.
		As I suggested, if you haven't done so, go the the section at the bottom of this Washington Baseball Society page and consider joining this effort to keep the Senators and the Homestead Grays a solid part of both Washington and baseball history.
	www.cjis.com /wbhs.htm (1338 words)

	Biz Mackey - Negro League Baseball Player
		Biz was a switch-hitting catcher considered by many the greatest catcher in Negro League history.
		In '34, the Stars were the champions of the combined East-West League and Mackey had another fine post-season as they beat the Chicago American Giants 4 games to 3.
		After a couple years with the Washington Elite Giants, the team moved to Baltimore in 1938; Mackey, at age 41, got new life as the mentor to a young Roy Campanella.
	www.nlbpa.com /mackey__biz.html (747 words)

	Monroe Monarchs Historical Foundation - History of the Team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Nashville Elite Giants, and Baltimore Elite Giants from 1931-1943.
		Monroe Monarchs, and Chicago American Giants from 1924 to 1936.
		Stars, and Nashville Elite Giants from 1931 to 1944.
	www.monroemonarchs.org /team_roster.html (1246 words)

	Clem's Baseball ~ Negro Leagues
		Seven Negro league teams' names included the word "fl," and one other was named the "Browns." Sparked by the rise of social consciousness during World War I, the Negro leagues emerged during the 1920s and played a vital role in the development of the sport until the middle of the century.
		Cincinnati and Washington had been the first to do so (albeit for only one year apiece in the early 1920s), followed many years later by Brooklyn, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and New York (Black Yankees).
		Beginning in 1940, they played their home games in both Pittsburgh AND Washington, depending on whenever the Pirates or Senators were out of town.
	www.andrewclem.com /Baseball/Negro_Leagues.html (1515 words)

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