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First Inter-Racial Game

Salience Noteworthy
Tags African Americans
City/State/Country: Philadelphia, PA, United States
Game Base Ball
Age of Players Adult
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The game between the Olympic and Pythian Clubs of Philadelphia on Sep. 3, 1869, is the first known interracial game.

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Jerrold Casway, "Inter-racial Baseball-- the Pythians vs. the Olympics", in Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pp. 68-70

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