While going down the rabbit hole looking for information on J. Higgins, a black catcher who played for Columbus for a month in 1887, I ended up finding Robert Higgins (
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=higgin004rob), a black pitcher who pitched for Syracuse in 1887 and 1888. He is pictured (along with Moses "Fleet" Walker) in the 1888 Syracuse team photo. Prior to signing with Syracuse, he pitched for the Memphis Eurekas, a prominent colored club in that city. When he signed with Syracuse, the Camden Daily Teleram gave his age as 26 years old. After his two seasons in Syracuse, he returned to Memphis, where he again played for the Eurekas. He worked as a barber in Memphis, for years at 416 Beale street, until his death in 1930. His FindaGrave website (
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...robert-higgins) puts his year of birth at 1867, but 1861 (based on an age of 26 when he signed with Syracuse in 1887, and how he looks in the team photo a year later) makes more sense.