And that's where he learns the game of baseball and develops into an amazing pitcher. SORELL: Charles is an Ojibwe young man who is moved from his home reservation in what is now northwest Minnesota to boarding schools in the Pennsylvania area, first in Philly and then later to Carlisle. Traci, can you tell us about Charles Bender? PARKS: So I guess let's just start with these two characters who your book centers on. But Bender and Meyers dominated the series, and that's the story of "Contenders," a picture book for young readers by Traci Sorell and Arigon Starr. It's just one example of the racism that these two star, Native athletes endured. Maybe they wish they had tomahawks in their hands instead of a bat and a baseball. Before the 1911 series, they posed on the field together, prompting The New York Times to print this offensive line. PARKS: Two of the star players are Charles Bender of the A's and John Meyers of the Giants. It ends with the Philly A's winning a thrilling six-game series. The Philadelphia Athletics and the New York Giants are dueling it out for the title.
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