The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-08-12

Jake Powell's Insult Draws More
Resentment Dismissal Demanded

White for ANP) - Resentment
against the remarks of Alvin Jake"
Powell, during baseball broadcast
1 in Chicago, has taken tangible
/ form here in Harlem and hundreds
Of baseball enthusiasts are signing
| petitions demanding the guilty
! player make a public apology and
/ further that the management of the
Yankee club dismiss the player from
| their team.
Many prominent colored citizens
of New York are interested in the
! affair and have wired and written
/ protests to Edward Barrow, general
manager of the Yankee organiza-
| ton.
However, on Monday, when Mr..
Barrow was interviewed III the office
of the Yankees, he disclosed facts
facts that generally unknown to the
average baseball fan.
Mr. Barrow stated that the Yam
kee organization with its far flung
associated farm clubs III the minor
/ leagues, is business as much as
any other chain of stores Every
employee Of these clubs is regarded
4 BY the management as catering to
the public in the general plan ia
furnish the best amusement and en-
/ tertalnment IN their line that Is pos
sible. No owner of a business per-
mits his employees to be pert OIL
insulting to the customers patroniz-
ing the business. And so it is with
/ the Yankee team.
The management does not sane
ton on the part Of players, having
/ had a sad experience in the case of
Ben Chapman, who created i bit OF
sensation when he made alleged ut
terances concerning patrons Of the
| stadium.
However, Mr.. Barrow felt that the
management was not to blame for
the broadcast and hoped that the
/ general public would not think that
the broadcasts were "a part of the
Yankee program. This impromptu
affair was done over the protests Of
the manager of the club and many
of the players. Players, as a rule,
4 continued Mr.. Barrow, are loathe to
give these broadcasts, preferrlng to
give them in the orthodox manner.
In this way, no untoWard thing could
have happened.
Pointing out that the management
Of the Yankees has no false illusions
Mr.. Barrow called the attention Of
the reporter to the fact that daily
4 hundreds of underprivileged chill
dren are visitors at the Stadium as
guests Of the management-and IN
this group are any colored children
who could not otherwise see p'g
time baseball.
Mr.. Barrow further stated that
during the course Of the year, hun
dreds Of complimentary passes were
issued to colored New Workers,
Clergyman, officials, newslpapermcn
and friends Of the team. Other sal
liant facts discussed by the general
manager were that besides the reg
ular donations to the general city
wide fund of the YMCA, the Yam
KEGS have made special contribu--
tions to the Harlem branch YMCA,
feeling that this particular branch
needed additional assistance beside
what it regularly received from the
general fund.
Colored employees are used Wher-
ever possible in the stadium-they
. do not peddle soft drinks, hot dogs,
and such, since this concession is
| owned by another company control
ling the hiring Of their help. But
the management does employ special
|, plain clothes police, among whom
are colored men, assigned to various
parts of the park to handle the
gamblers who insist on attending
games. Time after time these spec
ial cops have been instrumental in
breaking up gambling cliques and
have seen that the guilty persons
were elected from the park with the
admonition not to rturn.
In addition to these things, Mr..
Barrow pointed out that at no time
has the management of the stadium
refused permission to any organlzal
ton to rent the plant and at lower
i cost than usually is charged other
organizations. And on one occasion
nrior to the erection Of the new
hleachers, on the first double header
played in Harlem featuring Satchell
Paige, holders of bleacher seats did
considerable damage to the park
when they tore down part Of the
lence surrounding the bleachers in
a mad rush to get to the higher
priced seats. Mr.. Barrow related
the story Of the football games and
the baseball games played in the sta
dunn and indicated further, that the
Yankee management considered
Powell a good player and an asset
to the team, however" he added
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