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One of the top black baseball teams of the 1890s the Page Fence Giants were based in Adrian Michigan and named after the Page Woven Wire Fence Company. The team was sponsored by the company’s founder J. Wallace Page.Formed in 1894 the team played its first game on April 9 1895. Bud Fowler and Home Run Johnson organized the team which was managed by Gus Parsons. Fowler chose players who did not drink and aimed for a group with high moral character.