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Four decades ago, they worked their magic in the Negro Baseball Leagues, playing their own game while white men ruled the sport. Tonight they were back together again in Ashland, Ky. (pop. 29,000), for the third annual reunion of the Negro Leagues. It was the first time that some of them had seen one another since the old days, and they had a lot of catching up to do. The splendid second baseman Piper Davis fired a ball across the lot, popping it in a mitt loud enough to wake the entire motel. Davis, who managed Willie Mays when...
...idea for a reunion was born three years ago when the town of Greenup, Ky., a few miles down the Ohio River, discovered that one of its native sons, Clinton Thomas, was known as "the Black Joe DiMaggio" when he played for the New York Black Yankees in the '30s. Greenup feted Thomas with an 80th birthday party and invited a group of old-timers from the black leagues. Twelve of them came, and before the party was over, they vowed to do it again the next year. With help from organizers in Ashland, the event doubled in size...
...Bishop John Taylor of Winchester. Said he: "The rush is on, and if the brake hasn't held, we have to do something else. We are dealing with a social epidemic." British reaction was generally favorable, but the decision does add to the long list of problems complicating reunion with the Roman Catholic Church...
Many banks, however, do not want outsiders in their markets. Says Charles N. Brewer, president of Dallas' Reunion Bank: "When the large East and West Coast banks get down here, they might drain off our resources to make their international loans...
Rather than spend money during Commencement week, the class of 1981 will probably make a profit by charging admission fees to its events. Diane Dussault, administrative assistant for AHA said last week, adding that unlike the 25th reunion activities, many of the events sponsored by the senior class committee have cash bars. The senior class dance, for instance. turned a profit of $650 by selling $100 worth of liquor. The profits from the Class of '81 events will go into a class treasury...