The Phoenix index., 1942-08-15
P D R is SLANTS
By Laeia. (Meianehoiy) Jones
Jack Troy Quiet On Favorable Trends
For Negroes In Baseball Fight, But
Busy Man Treating Adverse Angles
ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-

on the sports page of virtually every daily newspaper
in the country finally snapped out Of his wordessness the
past Friday morning.
In his August piece Mr. Troy presented reasons
which, doubtless to him. seemed sound to why Negroes
shouldn't be given try at major league baseball He con-
tends the idea is not practical
To strengthen his argument, Mr.. Troy, elsewhere on
the page displayed with main and subheadngs syndicat
ed Associated Press article by Harry j. ODonnel white
which quoted Leroy Sache Paige, Negro basebals No
pitcher holding that entry of colored stars in major
league ball could not be worked out successfully and would
ruin Negro league baseball
Paige further quoted saying that Negroes
given break in he would join the Whit
low wya. Hubbel Ruffings, Fers. because
he doubted that big league club would him his le41 free
lance salary of $4,000
Mr. Troy likewise Bostc sports editor Of PEOPLES
VOICE Harlem Negro weekly who felt that @ entry OF Negroes IN
My worthy went to far to dig up an % angle
attributed the oldest active oored Candy Jim ayo
of Chicago, as follows:
know against hiring coored boys in the
majors law against hiring white boys for the the
/ know the majors are going stick to the whites
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dealing with impending big league trials for Negroes which
opnien his position that oored stars should
sun Cliff Ct W Maefay editor Of this
type Of artistic omission and eoors0n in his militant july 20
Favorable being considered for big
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compelled southern dses in self defense to provide their readers
The southern press without exception, turns loose like
race but it goes extra effort display articles
dealing with adverse about colored people.
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honor and apparently Mr. Troy has pulled chair in the old
supreme Judge whether practical
to admit Negroes into major league baseba? No
to decide that question than probably other group? The club
they by deep consideration
tude. they giving the question that they think the time
major league baseball industry? Do not all major league club
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need box office stimulation
ntsraon the baseball INDUSTRY would provide
$4,000 have witnessed the last five sepia Chi
$4,000 have witness
Stadium s' Forbes Field % and other big league
would ruin & H. quickly not S
would be ndueted into the major league tent annually " make
After ALL don't the Negro loops these
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The Negro league don't collapse when these
The Negro clubs COULD NOT hire good players they
wanted TO- for the simple that white boys are not barred from
major loops operated BY their color Mr. Troy and Candy Jim
hire white players would good business
siton and great box office novelty if they did
III, M, Troy when he Negro ball million
majority of the clubs operating in the red with the Homestead
and the Kansas City Monareh (shel Paige Hilton SMITH
close.
Entry into the majors of Negroes would be
nae ball 1t would the back the andt high schools
and colleges tremendous scale 1t would interest
dusa league amateur and sempro basebaand would be
ebood of the brand just above the semos Clubs barely break
ing attendance receipts would well" selling
good player the big leagues.
Since there big league cities south
below the Ma'onD.on line would be phenomenal The
so" more han toher section would
the inegration of which speak
The problem of the mob to is
product of his wshfu thinking mostly imaginary.
crowd differ radically from golf football crowdbut
line thin between the baseball football There
difference between baseball fight crowd being
demonstrave the other And there have been b rue
the world heavyweight
because he has fought white opponents
mobK Kenny Washington Jackie in
Texas lynch when they played for UCLA SMU in
Dallas, opposing southern white boys.
On the contrary the white boys praised the Negro
Kenny and Jackie
Football contact
baseball contact know played bohand
racial friction between white and coored athletes
they have played together Southern colleges have always
friction where existed by raising the color line
No how itegratin of delayed
will ultimately because racial discrimination
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