Prejudice Raises Ugly Head in Sports
By BILL WOLF
(Copyright, 1953,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The ugly face of race preju-
dice has on c e again beer.
seen in sports, this.. time in
major league baseball. The vic-
tims: Dodger catcher Roy Cam-
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again, when racial attacks are
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made on Negroes, the danger of
anti Semitic incidents in-
creases.
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Fans will recall the incident
a number of years ago when Ski
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Gordon was the target of anti-
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Semitic remarks in St. Louis.
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Two years before that St. Louis
players had also hurled insults
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at Jackie Robinson. Bigotry is a
common enemy of all who seek
democracy in sports.
The latest incidents involve
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pitcher Burdette of the Milwau-
kee Braves. He threw two pitches
that were unmistakably bean
balls at Campanella. They •came
so close that Campanella had to
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they seemed intentional to re-
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But he left little to the imagina,
tion when he later hurled . a
racial insult at Campanella
when the . catcher looked scorn-
fully at him.
But that isn't all: A few games
preVious to the one in Milwau=
kee, the same Burdette was
pitching when Jackie Robinson
rapped a hit that won the game
for Brooklyn. .Furious, Burdette
directed a racial remark against
Robinson.
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It is. interesting to note that
Burdette is on the same team.
as Sid Gordon. How comfortable
can Gordon feel knowing that
thia type of thinking exists
among his teammates?
So far, no action has been
taken against Burdette, and the
question remains as to. what
league officials will do about the
situation. . .
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Latest statistics show that Al
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total bases in 413 times at bat
for a slugging mark of .581. Last
season he finished third in the
loOp.
The statistics on extra bases
for Rosen tell the story of why
he is such an important asset
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kin-when he goes to Israel next
month to . pilot the American
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For Raskin will be up • against
basketball players from Isfael
whom he once coached. Raskin
visited Israel laSt year when he
served as mentor for the Israeli
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cagers who participated in the
International Olympic games at
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against the sqUad he now will be
guiding to what he hopes will be
a_victory. .
Reliable sources say there will
be about a half dozen young
women on the U.S. Maccabiah
squad. That will be a big in-
crease over last year, when
there was only one girl—a teen-
aged swimmer—on . the team.
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However, the U.S. squad will still
lag behind spine of the other
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fame. Bernard Bartz-en is blast-
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panella and infielder Jackie
Robinson.
While the incidents did not
involve any Jewish players. they
are of paramount interest to
Jewish sport fans. For as it has
been demonstrated time and time
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