The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-08
Runors And Reality Gathered From This Sporting World
 Bv JOHN A. CLUNEY
The Grisf Athletic Contest
Ring Around A-Rosey
By JOHN A. CLUNE

Ring Around A-Rosey
 Since the rather infamous argument relative to Frank Edmonds Naugatuck coored athlete which occupled tne for the better part of two hours the situation is symied with Manager @Slats Delaney insisting Edmonds will pitch the opening game for the North SquareRecs against the ribnnes Sunday and the league officials endeavorng get ruling from the National Amateur baseoa feoera- 0n as to whether or e coord from playing in baseball league affiliated with the Federation.
 Tavo very interesting angles on the case have
 come to result of personal effort to get to
 Wdsam Duggan president of the National Amdteur
 Baseball Federation at CleveIamd, 20 repyamg to my
 query: "Has the NABF any rule or policy preventing
 colored boy from playing n league, otfil'ated 'oh
 your orgGnazataon!
 x President Duggan's telegraphe reply i. is beautiful sample of the good old runaround pass the buck policy which to be part and parcel of such outfits as the A. A. U N A. B. F. and similar organizations with about much courage tubercular mouse Here 1t IS: we writing Elmer Manning, at Hamden Connecticut our eastern full information with reference to your question with instructions that he on this n formation to the properly qualified party representative ot Waterbury constituent member of the NABF - William sDuggan President"
 scas fortunate enough to get Mr Mounting on the telephone this or,ing after futile effort yesterday afternoon Reading to him Duggdns ao,re to me- dtter inquirng # he knew ot any rule of the organization
 eague affiliated acith tue NABF, lr Mourning said: ITO my knowledge there's no rule preventing coored
 
 but TO MAKE SURE, PM WRITING TO PRESI- N DENT DUGGAN TO FIND OUT" Witk promise to inform of the result possible tue co1tver- sdtion ended
 Briefly, Duggan says he is GIVING THE INFORMAL ZION relative to MY question to Manning who has been told forward it. not to who asked the question: but to the NABF representative in this city, whenever he might be- and after dsposng of the matter by way of China the fans of Waterbury MIGHT know before game time Sunday if Edmonds is eligible to pitch or not under the information that Duggan tells has been is being Manning with the ultimate announcement to come from the Waterbury representative of the National Anna teur Baseball Federation in this city any: By the time the NABF boys make up their mnds the may be over.
 In the meantime for the nformation of who obcted to the coored boy playing in the City Amateur League the Naugatuck News section of the Democrat to- night will tell them that the coored boy whom they want to play baseball with, chosen yesterday MOST POPULAR BOY of the 1885 class of Naugatuck High school great tribute if there After that ought the light in baseball league that AMATEUR in only If Frank Edmonds is admired by his white classmates enough to be chosen most popular boy in high school senior class he certainly rates place baseball league that is hardly in position to crticse anything much less boys and which cannot fail to benefit by his ability.