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Frederick Douglass Sees DC Game Between Colored Clubs.

Salience Noteworthy
Tags African Americans
City/State/Country: Philadelphia, PA, US
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Notables Frederick Douglass
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"FRED. DOUGLAS [sic] SEES A COLORED GAME. – The announcement that the Pythian, of  Philadelphia, would play the Alert, of Washington, D.C. (both colored organizations) on the 16th inst., attracted quite a concourse of spectators to the grounds of the Athletic, Seventeenth street and Columbus avenue, Philadelphia.

The game progressed finely until the beginning of the fifth innings, when a heavy shower of rain set in, compelling the umpire, Mr. E. H. Hayhurst, of the Athletic, to call [the] game. The score stood at the end of the fourth innings: Alert 21; Pythian, 18. The batting and fielding of both clubs were very good. Mr. Frederick Douglas was present and viewed the game from the reporters’ stand. His son is a member of the Alert.

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New York Clipper, July 13, 1867

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