St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-10-18
SPORTS PERSONALITIES
BY Nellie Dodson


Saturday Unless Tulane entirely fOkes the policy that all southern
colleges have heretofore held against playing Negroes Reed will be
the bench for the number of crusaders the cause of race
liberty something situation
will take than week break down the Unborn prejudice
years.
people athletic
sometime and therefore, possible should be perfectly all right
to send Reed in get his neck broken by the Tulane aggregation
They successful and Minnesota
plays Reed the st. Paul lad will be forced into the order
the those who behind the action.
should play Reed things likely
to happen either Tulane would walk off the field and refuse a
the several times before when northern
schools have insisted playing Negroes southern secondly
Tulane would lay for Dwight and seriously not permanently nure
him. what when number of
piled play, tricky
and him without the the
field realizing what has occurred.
optimistic pro-
against Cox COACH
is Minnesota grad This the only rayof hope that held
and slight Even Cox should be against
discrimination the that would be brought bear him
from the southern school would probably prevent him from doing much
about the situation.
Another thnghoe who to sacrifice Reed to the
parallel Willis Michigan year.
but they don't realize that Ward established
easily valuable Wolverine
squad Ward had the school the student body and the daily
behind
played only Minnesota he has played
both only the enthusiastic supporter
would dare Judge player on the basis of two games
Reed should be kept out Of Saturdays the Minnesota
coaching squad could easily that he kept because they
only two have passed. would dare that such thing
couldn't possible Nebraska showed the capable
Dghts position Saturdays game would
lot of proving make out that Reed being the bench
any other reason
Those who accused Berman of being preudced
the things he has done help coored
Minnesota 1t Beman who wanted Homer Harris Min
Berman who Dwight follow
Minnesota He things Hapole
Harps
ice is
question may asked "Why does erman encourage Negro
and then stand the discrimination that southern schools
This situation years.
onps between northern and southern schools have almost
existent Finally after deal Of hard
have been lined with southern colleges and for the first time there
the beginning of friendly feeling between the Northern
coaches know how prejudice in the SOUTH and they
that southern colleges to let of these feelings
because they scheduled play with northern schools They
consented these "gentemens
the southern schools
with northern colleges Most Of the southern schools badly need
of financial boeng and the they going
out that is help financially universities
that
sectional games .'~.-
Because of the small
ge the majority of the going to be played the home
fields the northern teams large stadium
and plenty of be divided between the
schools. ..,
won't be long before the going weigh pretty
heavily in the calculations of the southern colleges north
school 81" don't what
there won't be games perhaps
below the line quick
about playing Negro athlete dollar
the coins falling into the cash register might their ideas
southern purity" bit.
(BUT STILL. it won't stop the trying
murder coored player who lights anywhere
lot of people Northern schools
with southern schools who refuse to play against Negroes that
should
at ALL These people would have all athletic relationships broken
of between north and south because of the Negroes side the
They don't realize either that there