Decline and Demise
Despite the Bacharachs' success, attendance was not high enough to sustain their high-priced roster. In one of the most famous trades in Negro league history, they sent Lundy and Marcelle to the Baltimore Black Sox in return for veteran first baseman and manager Ben Taylor, catcher Mack Eggleston, and cash. Lundy and Marcelle sparked the Black Sox to the 1929 American Negro League pennant, while the Bacharachs languished in fifth place (out of six teams), with a 19-45 record. The team disbanded after the 1929 season and its connection to Atlantic City ended.
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