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...largest problem, of course, is the recent integration of the Negro in our Great American Past-time, the game of Base-ball. This so-called “Branch” Rickey and his artful Dodgers have turned the sporting world upside-down with the inclusion of Jack Robinson in regulation base-ball. It is an outrage! A black man playing amongst his betters—and this Robinson has no respect! I am told that Robinson led base-ball in the dubious categories of “steals” last season—and yet he is allowed...
...Governor Thurmond has demonstrated his commitment to stopping Mr. Rickey and Jack Robinson with a vision that could only be formed under the auspices of his progressively humble Edgefield County, S.C. upbringing. First and foremost is a comprehensive plan against integration in all facets of life. Why is this important to the average Crimson reader? Imagine one day if you were to open these fair pages and see not a Caucasian writer but a Negro or—even worse—an immigrant from the shores of South Asia! Could you trust the newspaper then...
...good fortune of seeing Governor Thurmond at a whistle stop in northern Kentucky last month, and I inquired as to the specific situations of both Robinson and the Dodgers, as well as the possibility of future South Asian scribes. He was inimical to both. His exact words were unclear, obscured by the constant spitting and chawing, but I got the sense of it. Thurmond, if elected President, would send in federal troops to Ebbets Field to prevent Robinson or any future blacks from participating in the Great American tradition...
...other side is Strom Thurmond. He will nip this sudden surge of Democracy in the bud. Jack Robinson will go back to the Negro Leagues and his Georgia homestead. Currently the support for Thurmond appears strong only in the Great States of South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi, but we must correct for this by delivering Massachusetts and all of New England as well...
Tubridy 2-3 0-0 5, Peljto 7-14 7-7 21, Cserny 2-11 2-2 6, Bell 2-4 0-0 6, Dunham 0-1 2-2 2, Moore 1-3 0-0 2, Robinson 0-3 2-4 2, Ides 1-1 0-2 2, Holsey 1-3 1-2 3, Murphy 0-0 0-0 0, Franklin 0-1 0-0 0, McCaffery 0-1 0-0 0. Totals...