Cincinnati Browns
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The Cincinnati Browns were a professional baseball
team in the National Colored Base Ball League
, the first attempt at a professional Negro League in 1887. Although the league folded after just one week, the Browns continued to play for a time.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
team in the National Colored Base Ball League
National Colored Base Ball League
The National Colored Base Ball League or the League of Colored Baseball Clubs was the first attempt to have a league consisting of all-black teams, predating Rube Foster's Negro National League by over three decades. The league president was Walter S. Brown, who was also manager of the Pittsburgh...
, the first attempt at a professional Negro League in 1887. Although the league folded after just one week, the Browns continued to play for a time.