The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

WHY NOT LET
THE TRANS GO
Tie decision Of Joseph p Eas.-
man TO prohibit the use OF privately
owned buses for transportation OF
baseball teams has caused deep con
Germ among eolorcd fans. snd me
OF those who is giving vocal expires.
sion to his feelings is c. A. Frank.
lin, editor and publisher ~ nc
Kansas City Cali Mr. Franklin. in
Q letter 10 LOUIS F. Martin, odi,pr
OF the Mich. gan Chronicle, says;
II am in conference with he
owners Of The X c. Monarohs. Hao
are stunned by The refusal Of Joseph
b. Eastman 10 let them use their
bus IN travelling ;his season
There is practically no summer
Amusement; IN Kansas City for Ne
groes bu, baseball We'sre segce
Rsted al white baseball games
We csnno; afford 10 le, our ore
sport be taken from US when Or.
gained baseball 1whiiel is per-
uN;ed 10 continue
Kansas City /. just one o, hun.
dreds OF cities where colored base
ball fans are segregated al white
games Such conditions are preva-
len; in Birmingham, New Orleans.
Little Rock. Memphis, Chattanooga
Atlanta. Houston, and other cities
IN the south. Negro baseball with
all OF lis faults. has been The only
form OF amusement for thousands
OF colored fans And now that IS
threatened with death for the dura-
tion.
Brother Eastman seems 10 be BE-
fuddled in his decisions. Recently
he issued an order proh biting
trains. buses and planes from tax.
ing passengers 10 the Kentucky
Derby which will be run next
month. And now he tells the own
ers Of teams in the Negro Ameri-
can and Negro National leagues 10
use available transportation fscili-
ties-trains. planes and buses.
II the trains are crowded. as Mr.. !
Eastman explains in his ORDER
against the Kentucky Derby train
rides, then the addition OF hun
dreds of ball players Throughout,
the season will not help the trans
portstion problem. In fact, it vii!
add 10 il.
hold no brief for the Negro
American and Negro National
leagues because both leagues have
been handled very bad, particularly
the Negro American league How
ever. I'm Of the same opinion es
Franklin: il other leagues can OPP
crate, then the two colored leagues
should be permitted to operate with
the use OF privately owned buses.
a JOE THAT WAS
WELL DONE
The Michigan Chronicle Basket
all league came 10 a close last
Friday night with plenty Of fire
works as the Old Timers defea.ed
Ike Briggs Bombers 10 capture The
Triple A championship in me
league. The battle was hard fou sht |
throughout the 40 minutes OF play.
and was not decided until the final
quarter when the Bombers went |
80 pieces under the strsfing OF The
Old Timers.
Tie Brewster Seniors captured |
the. Class A championship two |
weeks ago by defeating Alpha Phi |
Alpha in a contest that was as biz
terly fought as that between O!d
Timers and Briggs.
While there were some mistakes
made during the season. the league
was able TO obtain its objective
furnishing some clean and wEo.e-
some sport for the lovers OF bas-
ketball.
Much credit for the success OF
Che league goes 70 John tCocky)
Glover, Joe Duplessis. Roy Simp-
son. Tom Briscoe. Jimmy Brown
anc the managers OF the various
Trans. And also to the timers and
scorers
And TO the players OF the teams
ehc Michigan Chronicle is deeply
indebted. II was through their
untirins efforts that the league was
able TO carry out the difficult sched-
ole. These players, most OF them
employed in defense plants, spen,
most of their leisure time in he
gymnasium, either prscticing or
playing o game Many OF them
had TO hasten from work without
q meal to play with their team.
Yes. these young fellows did q
grand Job, and this column wants
60 thank them for the Michigan
Chronicle.
PETKRsON's ANGER
FINALLY AROUSED
During the eight years that Hugh
Peterson, stalwsrt spiker on the
ct. Antoine Y.M-C.A. vo'leyball
DEAN. has been playing the game.
ne has never been aroused enough
% display his anger. Although a
hard and courageous competitor
Hugh concentrates his energy on
driving the oaii ~ uH'shoHteu sPO's
A the foes territory.
Hut II was different last Wednes-
day night at Fisher branch YMC.A,
where St Antoine was playing
Northern for the city champion
ship. Under the lash OF raw de-
eisions by an inexperienced referee.
Peterson's anger blossomed into full
fury.
However, Peterson must have
been justified in his protestsiions
against the decisions OF the referee
a ST. Antoine lost 3 10 2 because
fhe crowd booed most OF the de-
cfsions.
II later developed that the referee
was q player on neutral team, but
had never OBLIGATED in { game be-