Savoy Colts

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	In the third week of December 1928, in their second game of the season, the Savoy Colts easily beat the Kasper Coeds of Dvorek Park 15-9, in a preliminary game between the Savoy Big Five-Wilberforce game. In January 1929, the Savoy Colts played two women's teams, a white squad called the McMahon Brothers, whom they beat 6-4 in a "curtain raiser" prior to the Clark University-Savoy Big Five game; and the Green Boosters, whom they beat 29-11, prior to a Tuskegee Institute-Savoy Big Five game. Another contest involved a boys team, the South Side Boys Club, coached by William Watson, which they struggled to beat 12-11.		In the third week of December 1928, in their second game of the season, the Savoy Colts easily beat the Kasper Coeds of Dvorek Park 15-9, in a preliminary game between the Savoy Big Five-Wilberforce game. In January 1929, the Savoy Colts played two women's teams, a white squad called the McMahon Brothers, whom they beat 6-4 in a "curtain raiser" prior to the Clark University-Savoy Big Five game; and the Green Boosters, whom they beat 29-11, prior to a Tuskegee Institute-Savoy Big Five game. Another contest involved a boys team, the South Side Boys Club, coached by William Watson, which they struggled to beat 12-11.
-	The Savoy Colts did not last long into the season, however, and sometime after January virtually all of them became a revitalized [[Olivet Baptist Church Cosmopolitans]]. Along with Virginia Willis rejoining her old team, there was Ora Mae Washington, Blanche Wilson, and the Williams sisters, and with this lineup the Cosmopolitans were finally able to defeat one of the big three white teams for the first time, upsetting the [[Jewish Peoples' Institute Girls]], 20-13, in March of 1929.	+	The Savoy Colts did not last long into the season, however, and sometime after January virtually all of them became a revitalized [[Olivet Baptist Church Cosmopolitans]]. Along with Virginia Willis rejoining her old team, there was Ora Mae Washington, Blanche Wilson, and the Williams sisters, and with this lineup the Cosmopolitans were finally able to defeat one of the big three white teams for the first time, upsetting the [[Jewish People's Institute Girls]], 20-13, in March of 1929.
	==Notable Players==		==Notable Players==

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The Savoy Colts was an African American women's team from Chicago that served as the sister team to the Savoy Big Five at the Savoy Ballroom, 47th and South Parkway, for one season, 1928-29. The team featured a stellar lineup, drawn from the best women's team on the south side, namely the Roamer Girls, from whom they got four standouts--Virginia Willis, Carmaline Carmichael, Corrine Robinson, and Lula Porter. The team was powerfully augmented by the great tennis star and superlative basketball player, Ora Mae Washington (who came all the way from Philadelphia), and Blanche Wilson, who came out of Howard University. The team was filled out by two up and coming players, the Williams sisters (known only a H. Williams and A. Williams), and Helen Winston.

In the third week of December 1928, in their second game of the season, the Savoy Colts easily beat the Kasper Coeds of Dvorek Park 15-9, in a preliminary game between the Savoy Big Five-Wilberforce game. In January 1929, the Savoy Colts played two women's teams, a white squad called the McMahon Brothers, whom they beat 6-4 in a "curtain raiser" prior to the Clark University-Savoy Big Five game; and the Green Boosters, whom they beat 29-11, prior to a Tuskegee Institute-Savoy Big Five game. Another contest involved a boys team, the South Side Boys Club, coached by William Watson, which they struggled to beat 12-11.

The Savoy Colts did not last long into the season, however, and sometime after January virtually all of them became a revitalized Olivet Baptist Church Cosmopolitans. Along with Virginia Willis rejoining her old team, there was Ora Mae Washington, Blanche Wilson, and the Williams sisters, and with this lineup the Cosmopolitans were finally able to defeat one of the big three white teams for the first time, upsetting the Jewish People's Institute Girls, 20-13, in March of 1929.

Notable Players

• Lula Porter
• Corrine Robinson
• Ora Mae Washington
• Virginia Willis