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New York and Philly Colored Clubs Hold Championship -- Philly Wins

Salience Noteworthy
Tags African Americans
City/State/Country: Brooklyn, NY, US
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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 "GRAND MATCH FOR THE COLORED CHAMPIONSHIP, NEW YORK VS. PHILADELPHIA

 

            "The match between the Excelsiors of Philadelphia and the Uniques of Brooklyn played on the Satellite grounds on Thursday, the 3rd inst. Proved to be about an interesting, amusing, and laughable, as anything we have seen this season.

Tony Pastor & the Minstrels  - the band struck up “Rally around the flag boys & the nines marched into position –

[box and line scores follow]

EXCELSIORS: Price, 3b; Scott, c; Francis, 2b; Clark, p; Glasgow, 1b; Irons, cf; Hutchinson, lf; Bristee, rf; Bray, ss.

 UNIQUE: Morse, cf; Fairman, p; H. Mobly, c; Peterson, 1b; Anderson, 2b; Nowman, 3b; D. Mobly, ss; Farmer, lf; Bunce, rf.

 Excelsior – 42   Unique – 37   (7 innings)

 Umpire: Mr. Patterson of the Bachelor’s Club of Albany

Scorers: Mr. Jewell for Uniques, Mr. Auter for Excelsiors

Game ended 6 o’clock [due to darkness]                             

Sources

New York Sunday Dispatch, October 6, 1867

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Is this game properly thought of as a national championship?

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Submitted by Gregory Christiano
Submission Note Emaisl of 11/17/2013 and 11/18/2013



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