Clipping:Interracial matches

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Date Sunday, July 5, 1874
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June 29 the Carlisle amateur club of Philadelphia played a match with the colored nine of the Williams club on Columbia avenue and Twenty-fourth street, in the presence of a large crowd of interested spectators. The Carlisles anticipated considerable fun in the match and an easy victory. To their chagrin and surprise, however, the colored men whipped them handsomely by the appended score... [17-6] New York Sunday Mercury July 5, 1874

On the 30 the first of a series for the championship of Chicago city, was played on the White Stocking’s Grounds, between the Uniques, and colored club, and Garnets (white follows) resulting in a victory for the former by a score of 18 to 9. New York Sunday Mercury July 5, 1874

Source New York Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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