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What happened when the Chicago Cubs played the Leland Giants in 1909?
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Negro league
The 1935 roster of the Negro league team the Pittsburgh Crawfords, including Cool Papa Bell (seventh from right), Josh Gibson (fourth from right), and Satchel Paige (second from right).
In 1909, the Chicago Cubs played a series of games against the Leland Giants, a prominent African American team. During this series, the Chicago Cubs won three close games against the Leland Giants.12