The guardian., 1956-07-07
SPORTS WITH STODY
sY RALPH WARD

The All-Star Game next
week, Tuesday, July 10th, viii
find coIored players either
starting or getting into the
fray later. Starters may in
cIude Redlegs frankie Robin
son and Brooks Lawrence.
Baltimore is host to the Red
SOx today and Sunday. BOs-
ton will he home next Thurs
day mite to open a three game
series with Chicago, MinOsO,
Dolby, & company. See you
there!
Elijah Jerry Green, short
stop ofthe Albany Eastern
League club, may become the
first ten player to wear the
uniform of the Boston Red
Sox in the American League"
So reads the lead paragraph
Of an ace Albany Sportswriter,
Chuck Young, in his Nicker-
booker News Sports Stadium
column of June 4th, mailed to
me last week, along with the
pictures of Green, pitcher Earl
Wilson and Ed Popowski who
piloted Wilson at Montgomery
last season. The Guardian
thanks the MesSrs Joe McKen-
ney, Tom McCaffrey and Dick
Walsh all of the Red Sox
system, for this fine news
cooperation.
Neither Wilson nor Green
was secured before the Guard
ian launched its baseball cru
sade. Both started in the SoX
system this year. Wilson, a
strapping right handler, came
up to the Sox Albany farm
from Montgomery. Last month
Wilson held Syracuse to 2 hits
before retiring for a pinch
hitter. AS of last June 9th,
Wilson had won 5 and lost
l for Albany, showing a good
fast ball, but needing more
curve and pace before he is
ready. Wilson might be an
other Double Duty" Rad
cliffe. Earl broke in as a
catcher and coaches persuaded
him to use his strong arm as
a pitcher. Sox need pitchers.
"Pumpsie Green" like Jun
ior Gillian, is switch hit
ter. Green batted 319 with
Stockton and was also voted
MVP in the California Leagu
last year. A native of Cali
fornia, Green had no previ-
Gus pro ball experience three
years ago when he asked Oak
land of the Pacific Coast loop
for a tryout. He was only 19
yrs. old. Oakland assigned
Green to Wanatchee of the
class A Western international
league in which he made good
until the loop collapsed last
year. He was batting .297 at
the time, and Oakland assign
ed him to Stockton where the
Sox signed him up this year
and had him in 1856 spring
training with San Francisco
SeM su 9JoJ9q eptJoI4 le
moved up to the Albany Sc
nators, managed by Warren
Sheriff" Robinson, who rates
him highly. Says Robinson:
Hes got a real good pair of
hands, as good as any I have
seen in the minors in recnt
years. He shows the good arm
when necessary. He makes the
play in the hole well; moves
around and has better than
average speed"
Albany Sportswriter, Chuck
Young, writes: CAS- of today,
some Sox scouts say Green
is the best shortstop in the
Red Sox farm system"
Was it Green and not Bud
din who caused that first con-
troversial story about the Red
Sox having a colored player
coming up in 1856? Both are
shortstops. Nobody knows
where that story got started
and why.
Boston Arena will be the July
10th locale Of the big welter-
weight boxing contest featur-
ing Wilbur of Boston VS.. Isaac
LoGart of Cuba, and I hope to
be present that night with
you after watching the ALL
Star game in the afternoon.
The Red Sox front Office
phoned again last week and
we discussed further progress
in the now historic coopera-
ton between Fenway Park and