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Originally Posted by Cusick
I did some newspaper searches on 1879, and found that the Cleveland team was consistently referred to as the Forest Citys. In fact, there was one article which reported a proposed new Amateur team called the Cleveland Blues, so that name clearly did not apply to the major league team in that year.
On the other hand, there was some blue material on the Cleveland professional uniform in 1879. The following was taken from The Cincinnati Enquirer of April 19, 1879, and describes the Cleveland uniform:
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Thank you for your detailed research. In response to the April 1879 quote all I can respond with is the evidence presented by the 1879 team photo. No sign of Cleveland on the uniform. No evidence of a check suit. A cap with 2 hoops not plain white. It is my understanding that Craig's color uniform evidence was from a Chicago newspaper dated March 1879 so the fact that your have unearthed information from a more local source and from a date nearer to the commencement of the season would appear to have stronger weight, notwithstanding the pictorial evidence I quoted before.