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From: ugclemon@sunybcs.UUCP (Robert Clemons)
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Subject: Re: Re: First Black Baseball Player
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Date: Wed, 20-Nov-85 19:06:53 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 20 19:06:53 1985
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      My copy of The Encyclopedia of Baseball agrees with Trivial Pursuit.

      If I remember correctly, Moses Fleetwood Walker played for Toledo
      of the American Association in 1884.  The A.A. was a major league
      at the time.  There were other black players back in those days
      but none were given the chance to distinguish themselves.
      Hall of Famer Cap Anson succesfully purged the majors of black
      players by the turn of the century.