Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-08-15
SP 0RTS SIAN is
By Lacius Melancholy Jones
Chappie Gardner, Lands OF Negro Ball,
Says Many Colored Stars Just As Good
AS Big Leaguers, And More Durable

SIXTY-THREE- YEAR-OLD Chappie Gardner, still
looking young enough to be 49, is regarded by many the
Judge Lands of Negro baseball AT any rate, he is
cognzed an authority Negro sports and of the
fathers of athletics among colored youths in this country
Chappic was quite athlete himself. He could gal
big league player from 1906 to 1925. Virginia Union
his alma mater, hired him futime coach in 1911 when
the first coored athletic director in Negro
college.
Later Gardner became player. manager and owner
of several baseball clubs His New York Red Sox the
championship of Canada in 1928 beating out octet of
white teams for the gonfaon.
Chappie now is editor and publisher of the annual Ne
gro Professional Baseball Guide He has been working with
the publication years fast reaching the
belief that at long last is becoming recognized The
Bible of Negro Baseball
Southern players and below the Mason-Dixo line SEN
tmen is not responsible for the fact that Negroes have
yet integrated into major league BASEBALL, Gard
says He attributes the ban against coored stars to
the fact that organized baseball has become big business
and that major league and managers somewhat
reluctant have Negroes get hold of such fabulous dough
If the owners gave the managers the green light,
that would be all Chappe adds even South
players Favored with prejudice would rather play ball
with Negroes than pillow pick potatoes in the hot sun
The Washington Senator's the two Phadephias, the
Boston Bees and the Cincinnati Reds could box
office stimulus Gardner observes He says Satchel Paige
or Josh Gibson would take up the financial slack
Chappe claims that either Gibson Paige would be
worth three million dollar increase in gate receipts
to those clubs
AS for the opinion, expressed in few circles that
are Negroes good enough to make the league
grade Chappie Gardner charges such view downright
ridiculous. He said the AVERAGE Negro player has
stamina than Lou Gehrg, white basebaPs most durable
athlete.
Let's let Chappie Gardner tell it in his words:
TITS the haven't fellows good enough 70
play the big Pure bunk all they
ready CD too
0 they creating with cored players
Now facts First
big leagues from 1887
There State the Tr State
of boys who
regularly in Sol White r. HILL
James.
Negro bail player possesses by
his white brother all the history OF
player who cracked like the
Gehrig
Henry top short stop Negro baseball
Williams the best pitchers In the
Chalmers Philadelphia when he
was Home Run Johnson Cap Buffalo, httin EN-
short stop Chappie Johnson famous
doing bang-up
pitcher 1912 to 1927 scored
competitors when he past 81
George Murphy speed throwing them big league
PLAYERS 40 and Connie Rector pitcher Hda the Lin
Giants whole 1929 when he was 50
While he was with the Giants he Hldale Is
gag either held water In
you Joe Louis knocking
riot at Relays taking honors? Was
there riot during Jesse Owens
coping prizes? when Hitler got and
walked out:
There at the Springfield
of these parks BOOK
ing because they a top drawing card"