The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-03-23
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P0MrF,E1 Alexandra Pompez portly pilot Of the
~ .,.r- better known to Gotham fans AS the New
alN r reared back in his chair in the Stutfy little
lolA hlri Inc restaurant at 81 Lenox Avenue, and
Snchcd Ike hell
Stop Th'el mid finally get word in between his
,f seror Pompez told me why he ,sas laughing
nae NAM te snatch" Alex intoned. You remember
! psoeh Hickey snatched Jackie Robinson and John
y leeN 49,, Negro leagues-wel, didn't like it. not
Inn, .,ent but everybody was snckering and gig
l a. AVN o,.r prvdcament Now can laugh for all my
& N,ro al b owners at the big league bosses who
rd beating their breasts and hollering stop
y, ., tae Mexican League stole Louis Dino, the
& RI, ,a 81 tfelder from the Brooklyn Dodgers and
n.r,, farlf la and Nap Reyes from the Giants Now
i,tti ,natching myself and have grabbed up
W s,,o + a outstanding stars of the Mexican League
sSs yoe Old boy. the end meets the beginning and
b,y At Polo Grounds
IN % ears Alex Pompez has pursued his course
L ~ N,eto Uascoa scene Up and down the country
laughing gathering Latin club has pushed itself into
s,,tsoi tie American baseball fans. Now as in
n ,srs p0mpcz has finally tied UP his own location
rds aa Ike tubans have home. hat is why the
sf. in aey out Of the New York Cuban Stars. Pom
y bas III, a Grounds in New FORK his home park
l,ft ,f viii play there in the last year. on
h sed Sundays when the Giants travelling anc
ps.aa imam Of . night games.
Sensational Players
i I,,s,t-os Pumpezs promotions at the Polo Grounds
k.ua,.t,t s.olo customers. his year he expects to
etea M and bring IN at least half million TO see
re "a ,i. sensational players in the game They
lhe.iF. nave Iu~t jumped the Mexican League TO
nta, Slllo Garcia. ShorlStop who hit $50 for
el4 tf.l .- sear santos Amara, efticdcr and RICH
rd nad $50 average with lampco and
Is tl,>.a escriVldel last year with NueNo Laredo,
10 baitct III down Mexico Way. They all Jumped
lai 81 M,Nlgo. Iompez said, now they haze
miei ', slt>.faa league to return TO the Cuhans.
nlez v clipping OF an interview Leo Duroch-
manager tec brooklyn Dodgers, had given to a New
rk yola' 1911. the year when Brooklyn framed
D Cara. ip declared, The Cubans beat our
ans oai lie rst four games we played al Havana.
fa had tart7lop named Garcia who is the best ever
u.s. lie san ~ anything Marty Marion can do and he
eo q nrtter Pompcz laughs about Crespo the cen
rtider ~ sst winter played for Mike Gonzales in
ana at'i voted the most valuable player in the
ioaA Les. his h is the same league winch (,eoip,
sfs son, non with the st. Louis Cardinals ii
snAs. NApel aNerred that the Negro players in
\ NsNeaN dissatisfied They have been
astis p4 e as 5000 a season and then v mem frS
~ 'N iincs salaries being paid white athletes
V.H and Reyes they start scratching then
4N "HQ li A9ndering why their earnings are SO mis-
re epV arson
Feaded South Of the Border
"Hf'se oapt1 is right on this is a debatable ques-
Fss ~ ie ether night talked with ferris The
sa' .N' stormy petrol of Negro baseball who was
- Way Nr>co tlourShng check for S25 600 for
money during his trip to Vera Cruz
DSie - a} on the same team with Dino Gardclla
eaguers. The loquacious McDuffie in
HgU hat Monte lrNin Ray Dandrige and
se '!0 ight Negro players are headed
iNier waving similar checks as exhibited M
,sr ie All TINS adds up to another stormy
5nd q denominations between Senior Lopez
,er;- le olhcals OF the Mexican Cuba and
N'' fegues Meanwhile pompez Is string
- 'l' tlg-tlme talent for vs. hat is supposed Ia be
Ersn.r iuo IN 1916 which goes to New Orleans