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By DICK RABE Daily News Sports Editor Bobby Bragan is an outspoken man—especially on the sub ject of baseball. The colorful president of the Texas League, who was quite an outspoken man on the ball field and as manager, is a keen observer of the game and calls it the way he sees it One of the things Bobby is outspoken about is the subject of women umpires, either on an amateur or a professional ba sis. “Well, they do a lot with hormones these days,’ said Bragan. ‘I would see no objection with women umpiring in little leagues dealing with younger boys. However, I can't see women dealing with grown men.” Few Female Sports Writers Bragan pointed out the lack of women sportswriters today, even though there are some in certain areas. ‘Jeanne Hoffman of the Los Angeles Times was a real good writer and was admitted to a few press boxes’, said the cigar chomping Bragan. ‘‘However, there was a big hassle about it at certain locales. She did break the barrier with the big city papers and as far as I know she’s still writing sports out there. Since women are limited in sportswriting I think they should be limited in umpiring too,’ Bragan continued At present, Bernie Gera is the only woman trying to get a foothold in the world of umpiring in professional baseball Mrs. Gera is a Long Island housewife who graduated with top honors at an umpires school last year in West Palm Beach, Fla. and its currently filing suit against organized baseball. No Flowery Phrases Getting back to the subject of female sportswriters. SMU in Dallas had a female sports editor at one time but her flow ery terms had a lot to be desired. It wasn’t so bad when she said someone made a “beautiful catch” in a baseball story but when she came out with a ‘lovely catch’ that was too much! There have been female sportswriters on smaller papers but we feel sure that the male glares were enough to wish she weren't in the tiny press cubicle And speaking of Bragan, the Texas League head recently cast his vote for the top major league baseball achievement of all time. He cast his vote for Branch Rickey bringing Jackie Robinson into the major leagues in 1947. Robinson was the first Negro on the scene and since that time many of his race have gone on to stardom, not only in baseball but in all phases of professional sports The Big Breakthrough ‘Robinson's performance had an unbounded effect upon the Negro in many areas other than baseball, permitting countless other avenues to be penetrated,” said Bragan Bragan has been associated with major league baseball down through the years, with Brooklyn, Milwaukee and with Montreal. Bragan has hopes of being in the midst of the ma jor league scene once again when the day finally comes when Dallas-Fort Worth receives a major league franchise
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Arlington Daily News
Arlington, Texas, US
Thu, Jun 05, 1969
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