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|Description=<p>The <em>Chicago Tribune</em>, Aug. 24, 1870, under the headline "The Sporting World. Base Ball from a Colored Point of View" has a long article on "colored" baseball in Chicago, focusing on the Blue Stockings, a club "made up exclusively of dusky athletes who are employed as waiters" at the local hotels and bars. It focuses on a recent game at Ogden Park, with 400 mostly "colored" spectators, where the Blue Stockings defeated another "colored" club, the Rockford Club of Rockford, 48-14. Gives a box score.</p> | |Description=<p>The <em>Chicago Tribune</em>, Aug. 24, 1870, under the headline "The Sporting World. Base Ball from a Colored Point of View" has a long article on "colored" baseball in Chicago, focusing on the Blue Stockings, a club "made up exclusively of dusky athletes who are employed as waiters" at the local hotels and bars. It focuses on a recent game at Ogden Park, with 400 mostly "colored" spectators, where the Blue Stockings defeated another "colored" club, the Rockford Club of Rockford, 48-14. Gives a box score.</p> | ||
<p>Chicago Inter Ocean, Sept. 28, 1870, reporting on an early inter-racial game (the second such game on record?), says the Blue Stockings (colored) lost to a nine of white players 17-15 at Ogden Park yesterday. Leslie Heaphy identifies this as part of a series of 5 games between the Blue Stockings and the "Independents" (white), played September and October.</p> | <p>Chicago Inter Ocean, Sept. 28, 1870, reporting on an early inter-racial game (the second such game on record?), says the Blue Stockings (colored) lost to a nine of white players 17-15 at Ogden Park yesterday. Leslie Heaphy identifies this as part of a series of 5 games between the Blue Stockings and the "Independents" (white), played September and October.</p> | ||
<p>George Brown was captain of this club, and W. P. Johnson the secretary. The former is probably the George Brown, waiter, listed in the 1870 Chicago directory. The latter may be the William Johnson, coachman, in that directory.</p> | |||
<p><br />The <em>New York Clipper</em> published a letter from the Blue Stockings in 1870 complaining that they'd been excluded from playing in the city amateur championship. Although the organizers of the championship claimed the Blue Stockings were excluded due to their lack of talent, the Blue Stockings alleged it was because of their race.</p> | <p><br />The <em>New York Clipper</em> published a letter from the Blue Stockings in 1870 complaining that they'd been excluded from playing in the city amateur championship. Although the organizers of the championship claimed the Blue Stockings were excluded due to their lack of talent, the Blue Stockings alleged it was because of their race.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>The <em>Chicago Tribune</em>, Aug. 24, 1870</p> | |Sources=<p>The <em>Chicago Tribune</em>, Aug. 24, 1870</p> | ||
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| Nick Name | Blue Stockings |
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| Earliest Known Date | 1870 |
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| Location | Chicago, IL, United States |
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| Nine Class | Senior |
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| Description | The Chicago Tribune, Aug. 24, 1870, under the headline "The Sporting World. Base Ball from a Colored Point of View" has a long article on "colored" baseball in Chicago, focusing on the Blue Stockings, a club "made up exclusively of dusky athletes who are employed as waiters" at the local hotels and bars. It focuses on a recent game at Ogden Park, with 400 mostly "colored" spectators, where the Blue Stockings defeated another "colored" club, the Rockford Club of Rockford, 48-14. Gives a box score. Chicago Inter Ocean, Sept. 28, 1870, reporting on an early inter-racial game (the second such game on record?), says the Blue Stockings (colored) lost to a nine of white players 17-15 at Ogden Park yesterday. Leslie Heaphy identifies this as part of a series of 5 games between the Blue Stockings and the "Independents" (white), played September and October. George Brown was captain of this club, and W. P. Johnson the secretary. The former is probably the George Brown, waiter, listed in the 1870 Chicago directory. The latter may be the William Johnson, coachman, in that directory.
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| Sources | The Chicago Tribune, Aug. 24, 1870 |
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| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
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