PAUSA also promoted the idea of black-white cooperation for practical, as well as ideological, reasons: Thompson and Govern's efforts to eliminate racial barriers simultaneously created jobs for their players during the winter, while also promoting "the black game to the white spectator." Cuba "The Giants … played a number of winters in Havana, Cuba". The Giants had discovered that the key to being financially stable was to play baseball all year round. Cuba was a perfect place for them to play their winter seasons, because they could avoid the cold temperatures that were common in New Jersey in the winter, and they drew huge crowds when they played in Havana. They were so popular in fact that they played "in front of as many as 15,000 fans". By comparison, the average attendance per game for the Philadelphia Baseball Grounds, a popular baseball venue at the time, in 1890 was 2,231 per game. Players Some of the prominent players were: Ben Boyd Frank Grant, infield Abe Harrison, shortstop Andrew Jackson Oscar Jackson William Jackson John Nelson, pitcher John "Pat" W. Patterson, third base William Selden, pitcher Arthur Thomas Sol White, infield Clarence Williams, catcher George Williams, infielder and captain Among them Boyd, Harrison, Selden, Thomas, Williams, and Williams were members of the team by 1886, its first full season. Timeline May 1885: Keystone Athletics formed in Philadelphia. July 1885: Keystone Athletics relocated to Babylon, Long Island. August 1885: The Keystone Athletics join the Manhattans of Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia Orions, creating the Cuban Giants. Fall 1885: Giants recorded as playing the major league New York Metropolitans (lost 11-3) and Philadelphia Athletics (lost 13-7). Both games are pitched by Shep Trusty Winter 1885-86: Cuban Giants play in Cuba Spring 1886: The team is bought by Walter E. Simpson who sets up home base at the Chambersburg Grounds in Trenton, New Jersey. The Cuban Giants win the first 40 games, losing 9-3 to the St. Louis Browns, a major league team (May 28, 1886). Summer 1886: Team sold to Walter I. Cook. First full season of summer baseball for the Giants begins. June, 1886: S.K. Govern signs George Washington Stovey to the Cuban Giants. On the 25th, in his first and only game with the Giants, he struck out eleven batters from Bridgeport of the Eastern League, losing 4-3. July 21, 1886: Shep Trusty pitches a 9-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Five