Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-09-01
The Sports Rundown
BY Billy Young


New York City-As the major league teams go down the
wire we come to the realization that after years there
still number of teams that have NEGRO players WHY?
Don't with that old gmmck that waiting
Waiting to what? THE END OF THE WORLD! Since
Branch Rekeys (and remember EVERY MAJOR LEAGUE
TEAM HAD executive at the original meetng)
team in either circuit has complaint make Let's get down
to brass acks Chahles Comskey Jr (Whom to think
for his about Luke Apping) is making his move-a we'll
and good The N Y Yankees robaby Weiss to have
Indigestion have signed two farm handand maybe they will
get up, eventually The Louis as House Gang)
who should have been second the list to put Negro the
the mighty d outfit known as the Philadelphia Phles;
the Boston Red SoX the Detroit Tigers; the Philadelphia Ahe
tics the Pittsburgh Pirates; the Cincinnati Reds Chicago
Cubs the Washington Senator's NONE LISTED IN THE LAST
GROUP have Negro players Some potena farm
but known that the shove Negroes in the Minor
Leagues TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE MAJORS Hard to
believe, isn't it?
YOU WILL NOTE upon close observation that teams who
haven't had the courage tackle the so-caed problem
eeners of population Population money We hope there
money in those than there is in Hard Taek Ark
The Negro box office potential isn't the premise up
which we advance either indeed story Negroes
who do play ball play the fool and those that capa
bic will draw twice many whites Negroes primarily
there whites and seconday because sport fans don't
you look like maard shot with 5000 special
long you the job Remember given Henry
Armstrong the Garden following the long bloody battle with
Fre Ziye? Hank cut to pieces but the breakbusng
twenty mnutee greatest sight in the world
in the manner of tribute.
o-o-o-O-O-O-o-o-o
IT HAS BEEN SAID that the majors want back
ground Negro players That's DIN bad Had they shown
smaeng of interest records would have been kept They did
everything they could keep records from being kept They did
challenge Do realize that Menend pitching for the
Cuban Stars against the K Monaehs Chicago nearly
fifty years old and pitched noher! You heard me- If you
get hold Casper ostein (who part Of the
Stars could tell you The only who would have
either documentary memory which anyone could
Fay Young and Dan Buey Nothing better proof
knowing what talking about than experience and having
been the
BEYOND QUESTION I would like Negro fans Pcs
the hi of league offices and make them find Negro
player They around The Negro National Lease hasn't
died that Eta Manleys contribution 10 baseball IN
general deserves great great reward She Is not generally
known knew Don Newcombe had major league possibilities and
used when everybody thought she off her
trolley" As Names would be able TO recall them
sound like Who's Who OF atme baseball; Bullet
Rogan Frank Duncan Frank Red NhtWoh Bngo Demoas,
Joe Francis Torrien Pop Lyons the great >. Louis
Star combo Bobo and Wells and and especially e L
not forget Rube" Foster who the great before the greats
thought about IT,
1T IS SAD commentary on this socalcd Democracy that
il took this long it, Thanks to Jackie hoIson ana Roy
Campanella (aso Don Newcombe) anyway Better late ta
never but one learn nenc group OF people:
LET US STOP THIS BETTER LATE THAN NEVER Make
powers to be do what they going to doRGF NOW They
don't play baseball in hell! That for the Phe and The
remainder of the group mentioned before