It became immediately apparent, roughly a century ago, in early September 1914, that the Brooklyn ... Royal Giants criss-crossed the upper eastern seaboard, taking on a variety of clubs — white ...

However, baseball, New York-style, wasn’t only the preserve of well-to-do white guys. To many, Black ... Giants played here in the 1890s. The field was later home for the New York Royal Giants ...

Elsewhere in NYC, Black teams like the Lincoln Giants, the Brooklyn Royal Giants ... NYC bragging rights for 1921, as the white Giants had done.) The Royal Giants had already played promiscuously ...