The Brooklyn Royal Giants was a semi-professional baseball team which competed in the National Association of Professional Colored Clubs. They were Eastern Champions in 1909, 1910, 1914, and 1916 (photo and info from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum).
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George Fisher's Middletown team went down to defeat by a score of 8 to 2 at Fisher's Field Saturday before the sure fielding and heavy hitting of the Royal Giants, a New York colored team. Bill Pike of Middletown showed his patriotism by pitching for the home team, and the fans were unanimous in the opinion that Pike showed up in excellent form. He had the dark gentlemen fooled for a considerable share of the time but Middletown was too deficient in team work to be able to back him up properly. Middletown had a good double play to their credit before the first inning was over, and the local center fielder, Rosenthal, made some corking catches, but an error by Rosenthal and another passed ball at third broke Middletown's luck all to bits. In the ninth inning Middletown rallied and pulled down two runs. Five hundred saw the game.
In a sensational game Middletown High School defeated Meriden High here on Saturday, 6 to 5. Stanley of Middletown was the man who broke the spell of bad luck which had resulted in the ninth inning being reached with the score of 5 to 2 in favor of Meriden. Middletown then piled up four runs in as many minutes, giving them the lead. It was the fastest and best local high school game of the season.
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