Cincinnati Browns

Cincinnati Browns

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.[1] Although the league folded after just one week, the Browns continued to play for a time.[2]

References

  1. ^ Riley, James A. (2002). The biographical encyclopedia of the Negro baseball leagues. Carroll & Graf Publishers. pp. 764. ISBN 9780786709595. http://books.google.com/books?id=gYeb3nzBLUYC&pg=RA1-PA764&lpg=RA1-PA764&dq=%22Cincinnati+Browns%22+baseball+-wikipedia&source=bl&ots=JhyankFmuC&sig=J8LojSqgSoBz738EmDTuDUq5oMU&hl=en&ei=vRLGSrXdCY_0sgPN2tChBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=%22Cincinnati%20Browns%22%20baseball%20-wikipedia&f=false. 
  2. ^ Heaphy, Leslie A. (2003). The Negro leagues, 1869-1960. McFarland. pp. 24. ISBN 9780786413805. http://books.google.com/books?id=6Ar01UYDl7UC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=%22Cincinnati+Browns%22+baseball+-wikipedia&source=bl&ots=DmMLboChGy&sig=03phgM3mIRBwUHZQPDCmQKGX_MI&hl=en&ei=GRTGSpeyNo_QsQO_uMGiBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2#v=onepage&q=%22Cincinnati%20Browns%22%20baseball%20-wikipedia&f=false.