home run johnson’s 1916 whereabouts

According to the Chicago Defender (9-16-16), he was playing for a club called the “Pittsburg Colored Stars,” apparently based in Buffalo, New York; I believe he was still playing for this club as late as 1921.  Having just turned 42, he was still at shortstop and batting cleanup.

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