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a colored club in an Emancipation Celebration procession
| Date | Tuesday, April 9, 1867 |
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| Text | [a colored Emancipation Celebration procession in Hudson, N.Y., 9/3/1867] At 1 o'clock the procession was formed in front of the City Hall, under the direction of the Chief Marshal, Peter Van Loan, assisted by many Aids, all mounted, some in magnificent style, with batons and other insignia of office. The order of the procession was as follows: Chief Marshal, speakers and invited guests (in carriages), Committee of arrangements (in carriages), Jamaica Base Ball Club (in uniform.,) United Brothers (of Kinderhook, with splendid banner), Kinderhook Colored Band, citizens and visiting brothers, Colored Drum Corps (in gaudy uniform), carriages with ladies, Female Benevolent Society (of Troy, with beautiful banner, and decorated with white sashes and blue rosettes.) The whole forming a very imposing spectacle, novel in the extreme, and quite interesting. |
| Source | New York Daily Tribune |
| Tags | African American |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
the first inter-racial match; appeal plays
| Date | Tuesday, November 9, 1869 |
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| Text | [Olympics vs. Pythians 9/3/1869] The Pythians are a fine body of men, and are superior players generally; their fly catching and throwing being first class; but they are not accustomed to bat swift pitching (the Olympics making first-two bases on hits, the Pythians only thirty;) here they showed their weakness; besides, there was a little nervousness perceptible in the early part of the game, owing to the novelty of their situation and surroundings. This will account for their failure to note certain important points of the game. For instance, they allowed two Olympics to score, who neglected to touch the home-plate on running in, and they did not observe that another Olympic did not touch his base after a foul ball. Again–they did not call judgment on Mr. Lovett, whose pitching, more than half the time, was a swift under-hand throw. If judgment had been called, the umpire would have ruled him out, or compelled him to pitch regularly, with a straight arm. If these points had been noticed by the Pythians, and judgment called on them, the score must have been very close. An umpire cannot voluntarily interfere between two clubs, without being charged with partizanship; therefore, judgment should be demanded. |
| Source | Philadelphia City Item |
| Tags | African American |
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| Comment | This may be the first Black/White Interracial match, but an interracial match was played in Hawaii in 1866. [ba] |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |