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I was doing some research on "Racist Teams" and saw it was played in Arlington...I guess the Wash DC area....

September 1, 1926 edition of The Washington Post:

[Darteaus94025]

Another example of the Klan attempting outreach!

/s

[EveningStar]

ping

[reaganaut]

who won?

[duffee]

Was Senator Byrd pitching or catching for ther klan?

[kidd]

[justiceseeker93]

This does sound like one very strange game. It's the first I've ever heard of a KKK group fielding a legit athletic team in any sport at any time in its history. Why would they want to play a supposed all-Jewish team and why would those "Hebrew All-Stars" want to play them? What purpose would each side think would be served? Improved interfaith relations? Doubt it.

Interesting that the short WaPo story advising the public of the game doesn't even mention any possible ill feelings between the competing teams, as if KKK vs. Hebrews in sports was an everyday occurrence. So was this a unique event or were there other such games?

Note the discrepancy in the location of the game between the WaPo story, which places the game in Arlington, Va., and the recollections of one of the participant's sons, which places the game on the Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, which would be in DC. So we really don't know if the story passed down from father to son is about the particular game mentioned in the WaPo or about some other game.

BTW, the late Shirley Povich (father of Maury), mentioned in the story as the brother of one of the participants in the game, was a very well known Washington sportswriter for over fifty years. Too bad we don't seem to have a story from him about this.