George Wilson Integrated Ball 1907

[Jason19th]

I picked up this postcard a while back, but was able to do some research recently that seems to make it a much more significant item. The postcard is a real photo postcard of the Manitowoc WI semi-pro team of 1907. The team played in the Lake Shore League. As you can see one of the players is black. Some research indicates that the player was George Wilson, a well known player who had pitched with the Page Fence Giants and whom Sol White stated in his 1907 book was one of the best black pitchers of the era. I was able to find microfilm of a local paper covering the team and was struck by two issue (1) there was little made of a black player staring for a small town team in rural Wisconsin and (2) his dominance, the game reports indicate that he was basically pitching ever game and giving up about 3 hits per nine innings. It seems odd that such little is made of such early integrated ball. Has anyone else heard anything regarding the player, team or any other early integrated teams