the nation; and
WHEREAS, African-American baseball teams were formed in
Allegheny, Allentown, Altoona, Athens, Bethlehem, Blairsville,
Canonsburg, Carlisle, Chambersburg, Chester, Columbia,
Connellsville, Frankford, Gettysburg, Harrisburg, Hollidaysburg,
Lancaster, Lawrenceville, Lock Haven, Marcus Hook, Marietta,
Mechanicsburg, Media, Middleton, Monongahela, Montrose, Mount
Joy, New Castle, Norristown, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,
Pottsville, Pottstown, Reading, Scranton, Sharon Hill,
Shippensburg, Steelton, Stroudsburg, Uniontown, Washington, West
Chester, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, Wrightsville and York in
the 19th century; and
WHEREAS, In 1883, two teams made up of African-American
females were organized in Philadelphia, the Dolly Vardens and
the Captain Jinks; and
WHEREAS, The first professional baseball league organized by
and for African Americans was the 1887 National Colored Baseball
League, which included two Pennsylvania teams; and
WHEREAS, In 1903, the Philadelphia Giants played in the
first-ever Colored World Championship against the Cuban "X"
Giants; and
WHEREAS, The original nine Negro National League ballplayers
inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame all have Pennsylvania
ties, with Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, Cool Papa
Bell, Judy Johnson, Oscar Charleston, John Henry Lloyd and
Martin Dihigo all having played for Pennsylvania teams and Monte
Irvin attending Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, More official Negro National League games were
played in this Commonwealth than any other state; and
WHEREAS, During the 1800s and early 1900s, African-American
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