In the comments section of a previous post, the issue of officiating in games where Negro League teams were pitted against semi-pros arose. I mentioned coming across a number of stories about Rube Foster threatening to pull his team off the field because of what he believed was biased umpiring. Here’s a clip from the New York Times, 1940, about an incident at Dexter Park, during a Bushwicks/Homestead Grays doubleheader. Not too much detail here, but I’d guess these were the Bushwicks fans becoming upset over what they believed was a call favoring the Grays!
Bushwicks Bottle Barrage
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