Drawing the color line in baseball 1887 St. Louis Browns season

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racial segregation started become custom in baseball time 8 members of browns withdrew playing exhibition game in september against new york cubans, prominent colored team. during time, popular practice refer teams of african american players cuban, hispanic, or arabian deflect racial stigma of time, though many predominantly none of three. news accounts reported first time in history of base ball color line has been drawn, , st. louis browns, have established precedent white players must not play colored men.


the browns in philadelphia plans travel new york city play cuban giants in exhibition game. scheduled long in advance big guarantee , crowd anticipated in excess of 15,000 spectators. however, night before departure new york, 8 browns players signed letter addressed von der ahe , delivered in person. letter read:



we, undersigned, members of st. louis baseball club, not agree play against negroes to-morrow. cheerfully play against white people @ time, , think, refusing play, doing right, taking consideration , shape team in @ present.



manager , first baseman charlie comiskey reportedly unaware of letter , ed knouff refused sign it. cuban giants had played numerous exhibition games against other white teams including chicago, indianapolis, detroit, louisville, philadelphia. first reported account club refused play them because of race.


the cancellation of game cuban giants merely symptomatic of larger trend occurring in professional baseball. boycott occurred during same season in cap anson of chicago white stockings threatened not play white professional teams hired black players , months after international league prohibited further signing of black players. tide moving toward segregation in baseball, st. louis browns withdrawal brought wider attention become norm in united states. ironically, act 60 years later then-former cardinals executive in branch rickey broke color barrier in mlb when débuted jackie robinson in 1947 brooklyn dodgers.








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