Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tīmatanga o te 1900s, ka noho te kapa poitūkohu amateur o te karapu, ko te Blue Diamonds, he mana rongonui o te motu, ina koa i muri i te patu i nga Tiamana Buffalo i te tau 1905 - te "de facto" toa poitūkohu a motu i toa i te toa i te 1904 World's Fair
i St. Louis. Ko Phog Allen tetahi o nga kaitakaro whetu o te kapa karapu. I hinga te Blue Diamonds i te Whare Waananga o Kansas i tana wa whakatuwhera 1898-99 me te Whare Waananga o Missouri i tana wa whakatuwhera 1906-07.