Arizona sun., 1953-07-17
By FRITZ POLLARD

Ayear ass an, active baseball player,
despite, the fact that he has re-
peatedlyAsaid he feels he has a few
more years; of active participation.
1t is hardly likely that he will seek
to remain in'the game in any other
capacity: sy,.ss yy',,.s. 9,a; -
Robinsony, has grown fat and he
: shows ulfnistakable signs of con-
! slant irfitability. Robinson's grow
. ing fat is, hot only physical. He is
quite wealthy and has numerous
irons in the fire. His prestige is at
its peak and he could command a
top bracket salary in any number
Apf industries: He can be expected
to do differently from Joe Louis.
He will get. out while his name is
worth lot of.money.
Jackie shas been a lucky fellow.
For the, first year or more that he
was in; organized baseball, he was
forced to@ take a great deal of
abuse. When the, wraps were fl
nally taken offahim, he neatly blew
his top on several occasions. Some
of those. who had supported him
all the way and defended his ac-
tionS at every turn, soon began to
tire of his heckling: Several writ-
ers threatened to ""open up" on
Aaim if he didn't settle, down. Rob-
bic grew surly and resentful. He
seems near the breaking point.
Last Sunday when he was tossed
out of the game at the Polo
Grounds, he appeared just about
ready to blow up. Even now,
: Jackie cannot go as far as his
teammates or members of other
teams. The race problem has not
yet been solved.
Speaking about Joe Louis, the
f O m r champion completely
missed the boat when he failed to
AStay out of the ring after the sec
ond Walcott fight. He was on the
crest of his popularity and could
have had almost anything he asked
for. He could have headed a busi-
ness and made thousands of dol
lars just for the use of his name.
But he thought otherwise and the
once "big man" of the boxing
world, perhaps the greatest idol
the. Negro has. ever produced, is
truly now just another Joe.
The former boxing champions
troubles, i however, were aggra-
vatad by other causes. Once he got
accustomed to the plaudits of the
crowds, the attention of women,-
Tine cloths and big times, he could
not stay out of the limelight.
Though not as obvious as Jackie,
it Robinson is a 'showboat" then
Louis was one too, but in quieter.
way. Jackie has husbanded his
money far better than Louis; his
wife helped more than Marva
helped Joe. Rachael likes a good
time in a different way-she has
permitted Jackie to be the public
figure, and has got her pleasure
and happiness out of the good for
tune of her husband. Marva shared
the spotlight with Joe and on occa-
'3sino sought to grab it from him.
Jackie and his wife apparently
work as team; they even discuss
and decide on business matters
Louis = advice came almost alone
from his cronies. Jackie set up a
business organizationto to handle his
affairs, and the men who handle
them are responsible for the sue
cess of his business. They must ac-
count for its operation. Louis af-
fairs were handled by his friends
and on a rather personal basis.
- So; as the time approaches when
it appears Robinson will leave the
the game, he will leave with his
prestige still high and. his business
in good order Pity the same could
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.