Clipping:A rumored colored player

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Date Wednesday, December 22, 1886
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The Cleveland Plain Dealer says that the Zanesville catcher, Johnson, who caught Watson, now of Cincinnati, is a colored man whose real name is Male. Were this true, the International League would have five colored players next year, as Syracuse has signed Johnson. But Johnson denies the dark impeachment.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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