Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-08-14
SP0RTS CLOSE. up
BY Fritz Pollard

NEW ok, (Globa - 1t seems incredible but Campy is
P,ar tie CHUNKY goodnatured al-star catcher the
brooklyn Dodgers baseball club has finally got himself mixed
up IN controversy Lew Burdete the Braves pitcher claims
he intended no racial sur Campy the other night in Mil
oot Il we know Canpy at all, he didn't
Tor nothing Roy just isn't quck-tempered gly However
mas oeeh reported that Tom German plate umpire said
that nothing would have happened if Campanela had gone
quietly back to the dugout
And that's the point where Nothing ever hap
pens when people absorb insults endure niuces without
complaint That is nothing happens but that the perpetraor
Oh e eV not having been repmanded feels free to hu his
insults or nflict his iniustees at will
Nothing would have happened if we had gone quietly to
e uusout AFTER Pearl Habor The illustration is not as
IRENE as it may sound For racial feelings famed by loose
ohsueS are as devastating physical damage
days when we striving for people to understand
each ouef misunderstanding of this kind
reaching results
or course Negroes could go and on taking insults ac-
ceptng inferior treatment saying nothing But we are
supposed TO nave grown beyond that We supposed
believe in the dignity of the human being and it is fitting
at eSe oeefs should be demonstrated the field sports
to point the way for other areas
There protective rules laid out to cover every emer-
gecy and every contingency the game We understand that
player out of the if he glove
up IN the air in moment of madness Tempers are
anu nerves are Jagged at times during these contests but the
powers that be have recognized players must stop
somewhere in their remarks and actions Umpe have cleared
the dugou occasions when PLAYERS became too
unmanageable in riding them.
Is it not important then that every player should pro-
teceu against racial and religious surs Throwing glove
io TIE dl OF casting aSpefSOnS the ability
see straight couldn't possibly be grave casting
aSPerSons on players ancestry religion
In view of this wouldn't it be a good up a
TO protect the players? There ought rule
the penalty of suspension any person who allowed
MS Jockeyng to too far and there isn't player the
MAJOR Leagues who doesn't know how far is "too far"
There's nothing in the law that says person must love
ahoter so II some of these fellows don't like having Ne
groes in the Leagues that's their privilege the
common decency do decree that human being respect
and every player ought get it. whatever his racial origin
The coored boys that have played these taken
lot OF riding and ignored it. They've their spurs
ana even II they hadn't it's just about time every player
knew that even in the heat of battle there things
ha are taboo Even in the ring when two literally
trying to beat each others brains they keep
punches high And if Internationally belt
he apologies He is penazed for it in the score
he has been schooed in the ethics of fighting he
MS opponent to know that he wouldn't Intentionally
The Major League big boys ought to get work that
one There should be stiff penalty for the lowest blow of all
an insult based the origin of fellow human being
umpres should be empowered to enforce the rule the spot