The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-03
A VOICE SPEAKS FOR
SOUTHERN ATHLETES

spur - NiAACIs III the NOI NNN
are not acquainted with the activi.
ties Of athletes in southern states
need 10 have their noggins cleared
OF some OF the rubbish, and spread
the seed OF knowledge in tie va
can, openings. But here's letter
from a fan who is willing 10 give
the boys mis- information without
cost He's keenly interested in
those neglected boys below the ps-
tol and rope line and he's not svcrse
20 chastising the spor; scribbling
boys for overlooking the achieve
menis OF southern athletes But
listen TO =. D. Arnold. a former
Southern league umpire.
IL lave read lots about baseball
players lately and would like 10
write about few southern players
who are Al down south, bu, we
don't hear abou, them around here
(More next week..
When you talk about gres. ball
players. i. is well 10 mention one
name, and that name is none other
than Quincy Edward McNeely
Born in Statesville, N C. Deem
Der /. 1910, during the years he
played baseball few people knew
that his middle name was Edward.
Everybody called him Dog He
was not the home run type OF hit
ter. but was q line drive man who
was just as hard to get out as any
player the south has produced. and
was one Of the best judges OF fly
balls that have ever seen.
''McNeely started with Ashevlle
Black Tourists in 1929 as an out
fielder and starred in the ou,held
for six years He had one OF the
best arms OF any southern out
fielder, and one day in Greenville.
Tenn. after bus wreck, the Tour
ISIS were short pitcher and Man.
eyer Henry Butler sent him 10 the
mound. and after winning that
game McNeely went on as a pitcher
and outhelder. In Ave years as
q pitcher be won 81 games and
lost 20 against the best teams that
the South had to offer.
As . hitter he was what any
manager would like to have on his
club. batting 80 for an eleven-year
stretch. This boy played with Ash
vile. Statewide. Greensboro. Wins
ton-Salem, in North Carolina: Jack
sonville. Fla, and Birmingham,
Ala. I am sure that southern fans
would nominate him on their all
time southern team.
Mr.. and Mrs. McNeely live In
Detroit now. where he is employed
by tie Ford Motor company He
has quit baseball. but is quite a
golfer. He shoots in the high 70's
and low SOS"
Well, Mr.. Arnold, confess that
had never heard OF McNeely be-
fore, and I've been bouncing
through the southern states since
the early ls20s. travelling with
various baseball clubs.
The greatest ball players 10 come
out of the state Of NORTH. Carolina
were the Taylor brothers, c. L..
Jim, John, and Ben. They carved
their names in baseball history
many years before McNeely was
born, hrst with the Birmingham
team. and later with the Yves. Bad
en- Sprudels and the Indianapolis
A.B.C's. the latter two teams man.
aged by the late c. l. Tay'or, con-
sidered one OF the greatest dis-
mond stratesists ever to p.lo: g
ball club.
JOHN was known 10 the baseball
fans and players as Steel Arm. -
and was rated one OF the toonotch
er pitchers during the period OF
1907 10 1915. Ben. the youngest NJ
IKE brothers, was an excellent first
sacker. He was an important cog
in the Indianapolis machine when
the A.BC's had an infield COM
posed OF Taylor. Elwood tBingo)
Demoss At second: PIGGY Hutch
inson at short and Jim Taylor .,
third.
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