Sports Slants Josh Gibson, Sam Bankhead, Willie Wells, Leon Day Getpittsburgh Pirates Tryouts
PAGE SIX THE PHOENIX INDEX, PHOENIX, ARIZONA Saturday, august 29,1942 SPORTS SLANTS JOSH GIBSON, SAM BANKHEAD, WILLIE WELLS, By Lucia* (Melancholy) Jones LEON DAY GET PITTSBURGH PIRATES TRYOUTS Major League Baseball Teams, Stars Have Almost Always Been Excelled By Ezzard Charles, Cincy Woods, Cincy Bucks’ Playing Negro Players, Diamond Records Show WHITE MAJOR LEAGUE baseball is good, The white Ring Sensation, Stops Manager, Promised C levelandTrial organized baseball loops are better and better patronized * than the colored leagues. But the brand of ball played in By LUCIUS JONES athletes during his school career. (SNS President Benswanger of tha these white circuits is not. superior to that Sports Editor) Pirates said tryout of the four played by the best .Negro teams. Puerto Rican Basora THE FOUR outstanding Negro diamond stars due colored “dream” ball players would be under Bob Rice, Pittsburgh Back in 1915, the old Lincoln Giants, % for a tryout with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National — scout, who personally asked the crack Negro played the National League I PITTSBURGH, Pa. (3NS) early rounds. He ripped saber-like enough. League, in accordance with a promise of President William club, pip I Ezzard Charles, Cincinnati’s lefts to the face and short, chop- Pirate boss for the opportunity to Phiadelphia Phillies, E. Benswanger, have been named. The were made pennant-winners, the f middleweight sensation, continues ping rights to the body. Jose tried THRILLING ROUND selections handle the workouts. Rice is not his the outside and box, tenth Classic, opposed to Negro stars being inte- right after the World Series.
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