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Old 11-12-2018, 09:01 AM
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Cool card.

Wiki says Jimmy was of mixed race, born to Americans in Canada. He claimed to be part native American to keep playing baseball.
Great card. I let go the goal of owning one when the prices escalated.
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Treadway - N172, interesting (sad) story
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Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first African American on a card. Treadway may have been next; I'm not sure if we know his race with certainty.
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Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first African American on a card. Treadway may have been next; I'm not sure if we know his race with certainty.
Can you please share this card? Thanks.
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Ty Phelan has written a Jimmy Claxton bio

https://www.amazon.com/Darkhorse-Jim.../dp/B01AR5A10G
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Ty Phelan has written a Jimmy Claxton bio

https://www.amazon.com/Darkhorse-Jim.../dp/B01AR5A10G

Indeed. I highly recommend it as the story goes well beyond his few weeks in the PCL. Mr. Phelan did a great job with tons of research

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Old 11-12-2018, 04:47 PM
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Bill James does a great job of blowing up the myth that treadway - who did have a dark complex but never claimed or has been shown to have mixed race heritage- was thrown out of the league for being black. He just wasn’t very good he was a way under average batter for the time and just didn’t stick
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Great story Ryan, I only read about him after seeing how high the price was getting in REA. Congrats an a very cool pickup!!
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