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Negro League team played in Bangor; game accounts reflect accepted racism

August 5, 2006 By Ed Rice

This story was published on Aug. 05, 2006 on Page D1 in all editions of the Bangor Daily News On a Bangor baseball field that no longer exists, almost 100 years ago in May 1907, Louis Sockalexis, the first American Indian to play major league baseball, played for the Bangor town team against a club comprised of barnstorming Negro League players from the Philadelphia Giants, reigning champions of the “colored leagues.” The black players, at that time, were not allowed to compete at the highest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sockalexis and Negro League

Record may prove man’s status in baseball history; document boosts Sockalexis Hall of Fame claim

January 26, 2006 By Jessica Bloch

This story was published on Jan. 26, 2006 on Page A1 in all editions of the Bangor Daily News Ed Rice was home doing chores on Jan. 16 when an envelope arrived via FedEx. What he found inside, he said, made his jaw drop. Rice, the author of a book about legendary Indian Island baseball player Louis Sockalexis, who played in 94 games for the Cleveland Spiders from 1897 to 1899, now has what he believes to be the most compelling piece of evidence that Sockalexis was in fact the first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: First-Known Indian Player?

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