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By ALVIN E. WHITE NEW YORK (ANP) — The Na tional Basketball league is going to start this year minus colored players. Last year, among its 200 players, the league boasted two pre. Wil outstanding colored peo ham (Dolly) King and William (Pop) Gates. The other professional leagues discriminated against colored play ers. King was paid the homeinonship at a sa $7,500 stnich wit with other perce netted the former Long Island uni versity player close to 10 grand scans was with Buffalo at an un ited sum. But when Buffalo folded, its players and and franchise were taken up by the Tri-Cities Black Hawks, playing out of Illinois. In King's case, it may be that Rochester owners did not resign the noted colored athlete because it had been widely rumored that was not harmony on the Rochester squad. There was resent ment against King. He played throughout the entire season and into the playoffs, however with out incident. Upstate New York, extremely anti-Semitic, is also not without prejudice against non-s ee ing has enjoyed a ——— profitable athletic career and was j the first biased basketball player to reap any of the big cash paid out San the National League teams. Hing has also basketball for also been a member with the aaeey island Indians in the American association, leaving them to play with another team in Staten Island. He is a former mem ber of the Réeiisance,
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Richmond Afro American
Richmond, Virginia, US
Sat, Oct 18, 1947
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