CSPAN3 Sports And Race August 18, 2014
Game. They had to get themselves to d the game and t they had to buy their uniforms. Y t are you aware of how the players got paid . Oh, sure. The fortunate thing if you were playing for the kansas city monarchs, you are essentially y playing for the new york yankees of the negro league. Wilkin so wilkinson always paid his players. I have run into players over to years who told me that theyre t still waiting for their check from a game they played in 1928. But that wasnt the case with wilkinson. And rue foster as well. He kept immaculate records. Atse players made money playing in those games....
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