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Silver Plume Championship Mountain Team, 1889. Back row, from left: Billy Cliff, Patty Downs, Johnnie Conley, Simpson, Tom Cowles (manager), Mike Guard, Johns, Dan Cavanaugh, John van Kivels, Frank Gisen. Front row, seated, from left: John Sutherland (African American player; more commonly known as a “black player” in baseball history), Johnnie Freeman, Colin Muse. Courtesy Jay Sanford.