Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-13
Another White" World Series. Negroes
Are Still Borred from Big Leagues; Is There
"Deol' Existing Against Them?
By DON LEIGHBUR

NEW YORK-Anoher just
the St Louis Cardinals of the National League Amer
Browns the Detroit Tgas the principals the annual sports
enacted fall The series promises everything to the fan
the Negro the neups of participating
This in years. there will be Josh Gibson
Cambridge no satcbe Paige no Row Capine no ferris McDu6e
Frank Combre Buddy Armour and Jesse Williams hand to
perform mainly because of the vicious unAmercan stupid
minded policies the Major
chauvnc selfish attitude the of the of the
Negro clubs that join hands keeping the barrier firmly place
against encroachment of qualified Negro players.
Lands Seen at Fault
Judge Mountain Lands
handled the affairs of organized baseball since 1919 with
he has decisions highly arbitrary,
he has performed his duties ghhanded BELTS
but he has shown the and the
the American ideal seeing that justice done hundreds
deserving baseball players who could be candidates for like the
Yankees the the Cards solely
white Under Judge Lands every under the
Negro has been given the light play in Americas national
pasme under conditions that exist professional baseball circles
the Negro
Player polls taken white baseball managers
reveal that the majority of white players have objections Negro
With the color line transportation the nations railways
any being battered down. the about travelling
white clubs doesn't hold Neither
modaon Negro citizens the big hotels in northern cities such
Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and New York
Negro athletes fratenze with white
collegiate football basketball and without
being ageod bugaboo Negro
and white contact doesn't exist in baseball since
and of the field without contact with the fans
Age-Old White Supremacy
With these facts apparent just what behind the msenee
part Major League club owners and officials that Negroes
kept organized
certain be the aged white theory that finds flourish
extensively South of the Line To allow
to play baseball with white big league down of the
cherished theories of the hes that things always
unaanable for Negroes To allow Negro play big
ball would be bad for the anNegro
lower the immigration and allow the California
flooded with Chinese and other Orientals.
Negro of ball clubs don't Negro
uniforms the rather stupid assumption that their investment will
endangered the
Negroes opportunity they will rag their taking
their star players and giving them redress at all.
Then there is the selfish desire the club
bosom in which he perpuate and rich off institution
built Jim Crow condition In other words long the white
Negroes
the plan to keep the ball rolling that direction.
Toward this end find
saying absolutely nothing this amportan question while
they of the major league for their while the
eague the road Whether understanding has been reached
with the major leagues the effect that the Negro won't
anything further the campaign ngrate Negro bapayers into
the major leagues while enjoying the rather doubtful the
park is not matter of complete record However Cum Poy
secretary the Negro National League issued last
winters meeting of the circuit which the idea
Whatever the state Of affairs between the big and the
operators the coored clubs the remains that will
the World Series this other until facility
the of all fmndd sports and citizens every
brought bear the situation force through this prime
lesson in democracy.