in 1935, the team won the city title as well as the western counties baseball association championship, intermediate a division. in 1939, the chatham coloured all-stars reached the all-ontario finals but there was a dispute regarding the game location and no title was awarded that year. after this, the team ultimately stopped playing as several team members went to serve in world war ii. some of these members included wilfred "boomer" harding, andy harding and one of the coaches lou pryor. although the team had been playing for more than a decade before jackie robinson entered the major league in 1947, none of the chatham coloured all-stars had the opportunity to play in the major leagues.