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Thru the Sport ^MirrorHy RUSSEL J. COWANSTom Wilson, who own* th* Nashville Elite Qlnut*. has uncorked an attnck against Gun (Jri'ciiM, head of t he Negro National Baseball Association and owner of the Crawford Giant*, member* of tile association. The [attuek carries us much powder aw the speed of wome of Wilson's pitchers.Wilson, who Ims been connec ted with organized baseball for a long number of years, assails the get'll ion of the Crawford Giants in a recent series in Nashville, Oscar Charleston pulling his team off the Held after losing three out of four games to the Wilson team.latter, according to Wilson, hi* team traveled to Akron and defeated the Akron Gray* in a 'double-header. This, said t h e Xushfville owner, ran the Nashville team’s victories to five straight at the beginning of the second half.However. Mr. Wilson claims tin* league standing, as gent to the papers by John Clark, league secre tary. was wrong. The standing did not include the loses inflicted j against the Crawfords by Nashville.Becuuse of the failure lo punish the Crawford team for leaving the field, and because a doctored” re lease was sent to the papers. Wilson arrives at the conclusion of there Is need of a commission of government for the association, instead of one of the owners sit -ting in the president’s chair, lie also feels grieved about the Craw ford’s playing the Philadelphia All-Stars after the league owners had agreed not to play the Holden team until Wilson's star hurler, i Kd. WHIts. was returned to the I Nashville team.Tom Wilson Is Hghf about hav-ng an owner n* president of the league. Baseball moguls have been attacking that point of the game since Andrew Rube Foster headed the Negro National League. John Tenn.v Blount, former owner of the Detroit Stars, started the hall rolling in 1924 when he and Huhe disagreed.Every year the owners declare Ihat they will place at the head of the league a man who Is not financially Interested in* any of the dubs: hut every year tlfey do Just the opposite. They are not so hot to have an outsider directing the institution where they have In vested their money.Hut with nil Tom Wilson’s dc-cialnming against Gus Greenlee and he is right in many of it is charges— the fans must not lose sight of the untiring efforts the Pittsburgh magnate made to keep the league going. Greenlee made five or more trips to Detroit be fore the season opened, and a like number after the campaign start ed. to help the local situation. And these trips were made at his own expense. There were also trips to ninny other cities.Furthermore. Greenlee shifted n number of his player* to other clubs In an effort to balance the league. Other owners refused to do likewise.And then there was the money spent wth the Akron rltjb. This club was put In the Ohio cily to keep the league on a balanced schedule after tlie Cubans refused to enter the organized ranks.Although the Hig Fellow from Pittsburgli has done some tilings which were not to the advantage of the league, the owners must acknowledge that without his assistance this year organized baseball would have been a greater flop than tt Is.
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Detroit Tribune
Detroit, Michigan, US
Wed, Aug 02, 1933
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Michael W.
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