St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-19
Negro Ball Players Should Set Up Their Own
Lobby to Forge Public Opinion On Big Leagues


York-For Negro sports
ated liberal whites have kept alive unreeg line propaganda
force the major baseball leagues escnd the bar against
Negro players and admit them into the big The
favor from fans of both with various polls showing clearly
that majority of whites think Negro players should in major league
uniforms and actually would like them in the This attitude
based the American idea fair play which
than many people think.
Polls among league players managers also show
that there little among the white players having
Negroes teammates despite all the nus
that they don't them Ihus the issue has boiled down forcing
the club in the American Leagues light
and around to the point where they truy
game is the national pastime.
Our Team Owners Against 1t
Lined with the major league club
various most of the Negro
colored leagues These operate
ton that of their players big league
their investment baseball up this theory is the
question of whether by Negro team owners would
have i'll effect the relationship and
magnates whose major league parks most of the Negro
played brought year Negro
afraid to too much favor Negro players getting
majors because the park might rent their fields to the
colored teams in retaliation.
While Negro editors their time and
talent to fighting for entry of players leagues the
players themselves whole amazingly about
whole thing Little support the Negro
player rank and e or big star suspicion
there too much sefhne their
from Negro club owners which acts against that would
improve their lot
Players Have Intelligence
Negro players as roup aren't n+e
gent enough to envon the significance of the fight to oct them
ee instead large number of colored ball players
ege at least have The ability to act
together shown the they display in their PLAYING the
game The campaign them leagues needs
shot in the unequvoa stand Negro players them
selves stand taken defiance of the Negro
cant see for looking"
Judge Keneaw Mountain Lands died the him
probably went of the opposition Negroes playing
SHOW While such statement might unknd light the demise
the high commissioner of organized baseball remains that
the Judge was responsible for plenty chcanery the
question about Negro players big league in too
close quarters.
1t won't forgotten that he loudly there was no law
written or uwritten genemans
Negroes out OF the big leagues when for
cracking it found that the genmans agreement was still
operating.
Players Should Set Up LObbies
Negro oapayers alert to their interests would
set up their lobby for entry into the
the when the leagues hold
their annual meetings They would hire publicity
to lombard the daily well
the major leagues with why it unfair barring
Negroes from which they perform equally as well
the white player
The that Negro players money doesn't hold
water AS an observer the last Negro
and the game they play declare safely every coored
player could stand capita tax of 500
lobby their this don players achieve higher
distinction in the of the fans support also their
estimation.
The strike in Chicago at the EaWest game summer while