Evening star., 1925-06-21

peSt players nave Deen Jews. W g
would welcome more. That odd idea
of changing names, in my opinion, has
been the main cause of holding then
back. Ii creates in others an idea
that such names would not be wei
come
The day rapidly is coming whe1
the Jew will come into his own il,
amateur and professional athletics
just as have the Irish and the Ger
mans and the Italians and others. In
the colleges, for example, many Of
tells us that in ancient days the Jews
led in physical prowess.
Stand in Their Own Way.
The Jew, 1 think, often stands in
his own way through sensitiveness
The Irish player smiles when called
Mick" and the German players
have cheerfully accepted Dutch. %
They are proud of having made their
race prominent. The Jew should fee
the same way about it and the sue
cessful ones that l know do feel that
way.
1t probably is unknown to the gen
tlemen who have taken up this subject
but some of the great Stars of ba 81
ball have been Jews and there has
never been any thought of discrimina-
ton.
Ed Stein. the old Brooklyn pitcher
was Jew. So was Johnny king Of
the Cubs, one of the grea test Of
| catchers. Then l could mention Sam
my Bohne, Sammy Samuels. Jakey
Atz and many others. You would go
far to find a more gentlema nIy attn
lete than Benny Leonard, the boxer
OF late the Jewish athlete has beeu
a prominent figure in the colleges and
elsewhere and, you will notice, they
| are not changing their names. In a
rev years you will see many Of these
| names appearing in base ball | hope
VIII have the next good one He
Will fnd a welcome sign on the door
OF the Giants. And l think that all
Dig league clubs think the same way.
This letter intimates that Jewish
amateurs do not try TO break into
professional base ball through belief
that the other players would resent
their presence. That belief is not well
founded. A ball player wants to win
the pennant and he would gladly wei
come any one who had the ability ~
help him do it; with a common pur-
pose men like that fight side by side
just as they did in the Army. After
all, prejudice exists only III the minds
of those who feel sIighted. If g. man
steps up and shows the goods I don L
think anything else matters.
Races Are Getting Closer.
| As the Eastern clubs of the Ma
tlonal League go through the West
TINS time, hitting one bump after an
| other, We don't hear much more about
| a one-Sided race | have seen this oC-
cur so often that our PLAYERS were
iully warned 10 win all they could
before the hard days set in. Luckily
they did and our reserve strength car
| RED us through. From now on Il will
be a tough fight in both leagues.
Inc naturally strong clubs have hit
their stride and the weak ones that
| made such early spurts are beginning
10 hit theirs. / had a feeling all along
that the Pirates, with their great
| speed, would be our hardest rival and
L also felt that the Reds were bound
to get going. BY getting Neihaus 10
| play first base and Dresser on third
the Cincinnati club has struck q bal
ance. They will cause trouble the rest
| OF the season. The management OF
the Reds is deserving of a lot of sue
cess. The freehand in securing play
ers and the sportsmanship of such
men as Louis Widrig and Garry Herr
mann are certainly entitled to some re
| sard ana the fans are giving them
| support.
The Giants have been pretty well
shot to pieces by accidents, but we
sun are able to take care of ourselves
But lor unusual reserve strength we
might have been in a serious predica
| ment with such men a. Frisch. Lind
strom and Groh out
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