European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Burns warms to Jackie Robinson in a baseball by John Moore Scripps Howard a. A to Jpn in Burns ends the sixth inning of his baseball to series with a dedication his Only one. X it reads simply a for no one need ask who a Jackie. Burns pays a Loving tribute in the National Pas time a 1940-1950 to Jackie Robinson the Man who endured to integrate baseball in the 20th Century. The extra Long segment a 2vi hours a begins at 1 . Get today on Anit has been Clear from the beginning of baseball what Burns thinks about the exclusion of Blacks for 60 years and the Effort by Brooklyn dodger general manager Branch Rickey to integrate the major leagues. Burns opens the segment with the line that on april 15, 1947, the Day Robinson first played a regular season game for the dodgers a major league baseball.,. Became the National what Burns docs so Well is put the events of baseball into a context that helps them make sense. For instance Rickey has been universally praised for his role in forcing baseball to accept Blacks Burns Points out one of the was so driven Wasny tall so altruistic and that he Wasny to the first in the decade to push for it. Rickey a eyes were opened to segregation in 1901 when As Couch of the Ohio Wesleyan College baseball team his Star player Catcher Charlie Thomas was refused a room in the South Bend ind., hotel where the team was staying to play notre Dame. Thomas was Black. But Rickey also saw the huge fan base that the negro leagues had even during the depression and world War ii when the major leagues had problems putting people in seats even for the Best games. Jack in Robinson a was the greatest Gate attraction since babe Ruth a said dodgers announcer red Barber. Fans Scek Jackie Robinsons autograph in 1947. Rickey had to wait for his moment. The Pittsburgh pirates tried integration in 1943, trying to hire Catcher Josh Gibson the Best hitter in the negro leagues baseball commissioner Landis said no. Later year baseball executive Bill a cock tried to buy the Liila Delphia Phillies and Stock the team with negro. League players. Landis said no. When Landis died in 1944,. Baseball hired a Ken Lucky senator Happy Chandler to take his place. And despite the secret ballot in which 15 of 16 teams voted against integration Chandler said if Blacks could die in world War ii for the country they certainly should be allowed to play baseball. The context and irony of the times Complete the Story. Josh Gibson who most followers believed was the Man who would be the first Black to make it to the major leagues died at age 35, a broken Man just four months before Robinsons debut. 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