The Monrovians vs. the Klan

It was no place for a lady on a Sunday afternoon
In 1925 on the 21st of June
It was a hundred two degrees and even hotter in the stands
The day the all black Monrovians beat the ku klux klan
No strangleholds, no razors, no horsewhips were allowed
They put a couple extra policemen in the crowd
Other violent implements of argument were banned
The day the all black Monrovians beat the ku klux klan
The klan was not too popular in Kansas at the time
They’d already been exposed for their racketeering crimes
In Wichita they didn’t seem to have a lot of fans
The day the all black Monrovians beat the ku klux klan
Only baseball would be on tap at Island Park that day
Said the headline in the Beacon on the morning they would play
They were trying to head off trouble before the game began
The day the all black Monrovians beat the ku klux klan
The umps were Irish Catholic, they favored neither side
Out there on the field the rules were evenly applied
It was a very good game of baseball said the newspaperman
The day the all black Monrovians beat the ku klux klan
It was a see-saw battle, a pitchers duel through four
The Monrovians would break it open, ten to eight the score
And then drive off in jalopies, not those nice sedans
The day the all black Monrovians beat the ku klux klan