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This chapter describes Negro recreation and sports in Illinois in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In 1847, a ten-mile foot race in Chicago was witnessed by more than 1,000 spectators. The event was won by a Canadian. Nine years later, a Negro represented Cook County at the Alton Convention of Colored Citizens of Illinois. In 1854, a skating match took place on the canal at Elmira between Patrick Brown and George Tate, a colored man. In 1874, the Chicago Evening Journal announced that “the Napoleons, a colored baseball club of St. Louis, are coming to this city to play the Uniques, also colored, for the colored championship.” Pedestrianism also interested the Negroes in the early days of Illinois. This chapter looks at Negro participation in various sports and recreational activities such as racing, cycling, cricket, baseball, football, tennis, and boxing.
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This chapter describes Negro recreation and sports in Illinois in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
In 1847, a ten-mile foot race in Chicago was witnessed by more than 1,000 spectators.
The event was won by a Canadian.
Nine years later, a Negro represented Cook County at the Alton Convention of Colored Citizens of Illinois.
In 1854, a skating match took place on the canal at Elmira between Patrick Brown and George Tate, a colored man.
In 1874, the Chicago Evening Journal announced that “the Napoleons, a colored baseball club of St.
Louis, are coming to this city to play the Uniques, also colored, for the colored championship.
” Pedestrianism also interested the Negroes in the early days of Illinois.
This chapter looks at Negro participation in various sports and recreational activities such as racing, cycling, cricket, baseball, football, tennis, and boxing.
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