adapted from March/April 2000 Issue - Negro Leagues Baseball

While most people are familiar with the name Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in major-league baseball, few know the names of many other Negro Leagues players. One is Oscar Charleston, who, according to many players of his era, may have been the greatest baseball player of all time.

Below are the names of 10 Negro Leagues players. Unscramble them. Then see if you can spell the "mystery phrase," using only the highlighted letters.

  1. O J E     L M S A I I W L
  2. H N O J     Y R E N H     Y O L L D
  3. K I C D     D D E R G I N
  4. E L M U     S S T T U E L
  5. O N E L     A Y D
  6. E M O S S     W E D E L F T O O     R K E L A W
  7. Z B I     C K A M Y E
  8. B I L R E W     N O A G R
  9. O I U L S     O A S N T P
  10. R A C O S     R A S H C L E N O T

Mystery Phrase:

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  1. Joe Williams
  2. John Henry Lloyd
  3. Dick reading
  4. Mule Suttles
  5. Leon Day
  6. Moses Fleetwood Walker
  7. Biz Mackey
  8. Wilber Rogan
  9. Louis Santop
  10. Oscar Charleston

Mystery Phrase:  Negro Leagues