Lackie IS FINALLY ACTING

Hit by pitched ball, Jackie doubles up in pain and is motioned to first base by umpire. Pitchers continue to try to "dust" Jackie who was hit nine ;^^ J PJ^ vious >Lr no player had been hit niore than six times. Pitchers have used this tactic continually on Negro players, especially Orestes Mmoso of Chicago White Sox. lACKIE IS FINALLY ACTING N A GHICAGO beauty parlor recently, a Negro woman fiounced an- I grily in her seat and announced to all present: "All I've got to say is that Jackie Robinson ought to behave himself and keep his mouth shut before he ruins everything for Negroes in baseball. He ought to be ashamed of himself." An irate Florida baseball fan wrote directly to Jackie, asking indig- nantly: "What right have you to defend yourself against a white man no matter what he does to you on the field?" A Harlem Negro physician complained bitterly in a letter to the New York Post: "It probably isn't exactly correct to say that Jackie is getting a big head, but he certainly is developing a bad case of God complex," So have the critics of Jackie Robinson been harping on his recent turn in personality which resulted in an unprecedented series of newspaper headlines telling of his continual run-ins with umpires and players. The name-calling got started off this sea.son witli a sizzling per- formance at the Polo Grounds involving Jackie and Leo Durocher. The New York Giants manager contemptuously called Jackie a "bush player" when the Negro star tried to pile into pitcher Sol Maglie after the latter had tried to throw several "dusters" at him. Robinson re- torted with alacrity and acid that Durocher was a "bush manager" who had taught him to be a "bush player" when Leo was with the Dodgers, Then later Jackie sounded ofî against "certain umpires" whom he said were "out to get me," National League President Ford Frick promptly summoned Jackie to a hearing (an appointment which Frick never kept). One sports writer upheld Jackie and said that only two umpires. Art Gore and Scott Robb, ever give Jackie "a civil answer." In Philadelphia teammates held him as he headed under tbe stands for a fist fight with Phillies pitcher Russ Meyer after a rhubarb on the field- The succession of incidents dramatized the character of the new Jackie Robinson, who has dropped his stoic silence in the face of in- TttE -jj^A VEL sults and abuse, who today no longer runs away from trouble hut stands up and fights back. What is behind the change in Jackie? Have all the pent-up emotions Deatt, note tlireatening to kill Jackie ¡fJ;^ P-v-¡ j'y-j'-^^ Ciuciu„.a, R.ds is typ.ca ^.^^^.^^ ^^.^^ culminated in a psychological crackup? of several Dodger star has received. FBI jomed local police m probe of letter but tvrned up no suspects, Robinson laughed off note, hit homer on day he got letter, Is Jackie losmg hiS hold on hmiself.r^ O^^ true that he has DONNEWCOMBE Star Pitcher, Brooklyn Dodgers Flying spikes are often directed at yaekie at seeond base by opposing players. Dur- ing his stormy career, only his agihty has saved him from serious injury. leads the league LIKE ANY OTHER BIG LEAGUER for glossy good grooming swell-headed and cocky? Or is Jackie now over-sensitive about his race and carrying a chip upon his shoulder? Actually none of these reasons account for the new Jackie. Rather, and healthier, handsomer hair the explanation of the new Jackie is relatively simple: today Jackie feels he no longer is a racial experiment in the big leagues and he is finally acting like any other big leaguer. But because there are many who are still overly aware of his race, each incident involving Jackie is magnified far out of proportion to its importance. Jackie Robinson has forgotten his race wheu on the field' but un- ONLY DANDRUFF-DESTROYING* JBRIS HAS THIS fortunately too many players, newspaper columnists aud faus have not. FRESH, CLEAN-SCENTED MASCULINE FRAGRANCE The Jackie Robinson fans see on the field-today is the same great athlete, the same remarkable eompetitor he was before Brooklyn Dodger boss Branch Rickey signed him for the Dodgers with the un- Of all the hair tonics JERIS is not greasy to the touch, won't on the market, JERIS discolor coat collars,can't soil shirts, stain derstanding that Jackie would play baseball with a muzzle over his and only JERIS brings hats or upholstery. For greaseless good remarks and a leash on his actions. In college and in Negro baseball, you all these hair benefits : grooming insist on JERIS Hair Tonic. Jackie was a born leader, sparking his team in play, always hot- 1. Greaseless good grooming. tempered and fighting mad at raw decisions, and giving everything 2. Healthier, handsomer hair. When Jack's hair wai for victory on the field. He was the answer to any coach's prayer. But 3. Scalp-stimulation: Daily JERIS mas- H'n thatch appeal was nit. when he became the first Negro iu the majors, he had to become a sage heips promote healthy hair growth, He switched to super JSRIS different mau because of his "turn the other cheek" agreement with relieves dry scalp, excessive falling hair. And now he's got his Jill. Rickey. He had to withdraw iuto a hard shell of silence and restraint. 4. Destroys dandruff germs* on contact: antiseptic action instantly removes ugly Today Jackie is coming out of that shell—aud is a mueh better ball dandruff flakes. player as a result. He feels he can say and do anything that anyone 5. Exclusive masculine fragrance: daily else in the league says or does. He agrees with the expression of one use of JERIS leaves hair clean-scented. Negro newspaperman who pointedly remarked: "Jackie is a baseball Económica!, too! Get JERJS today at player and not executive secretary of the NAACP." Jackie feels he no drug and toilet goods counters every- where. Applications at barber shops. longer should liave to carry on his shoulders the weight of 15 million Negroes. JERIS KÍUS DANDRUFF GERMS* ON CONTACT. *Pîtyre.sporum ovale, which mony auihoriiies recoQnizeas the cause of ¡nietlious Although there have been times when his temper got the best of dandruff is destroyed by Jeris Aniisepiic Hair Tonic. him and he went off half-cocked (several times he has admitted it pub- ^'•^'y)' Jackie contends that he has been justified in virtually every incident he was involved iu thi.s season. And he sticks to his assertion that some umpires were "out to get me." He sees these umpires and a handful of players as part of the hard core of stubborn holdouts JERIS iigainst Negro players who have been waiting for a long time for Jackie to make a mistake so that thçy can say: "I told you so." AIVTI$£PTIC HAIR TOXIC Continued on Nexf Page 25 Copyright © Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. 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