Clipping:Trouble with having colored players

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Date Saturday, June 11, 1887
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A new trouble has just arisen in the affairs of certain of the baseball associations. It seems to have done more damage to the International Association than to any other we know of. We refer to the importation of colored players into the ranks of that body. At Syracuse an open revolt has followed the signing of Higgins, the colored pitcher of that club. At first certain of the Syracuse players tried to queer him by refusing to support him as well as they were able to. Later they took other means but Higgins appears to have held his own throughout. The climax came, however, when Manager Simmons asked his players to sit beside Higgins while a group portrait was being taken of that team. Crothers the St. Louis boy and Simon the Stars great left fielder begged to be excused from taking part in such proceeding. The manager insisted and Crothers responded by banging the manager one. The latter then suspended Crothers. Simon's fate still hangs in the balance and in the meantime there is no peace nor quiet in all Syracuse.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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