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7exas City £ Signs NegroHTEXAS CITY, May 31 m —The Texas City Texans of the Class B Gulf Coast League. added Johnny Lee Williams, a husky ININegro pitcher, to its staff Satur- — day. He will be the first Negro large ever put on a roster in the Gulf -1}? i ;lt;jj Coast loop. victoWilliams is a 180-pounder, six foot, two-inch righthander. He Spee-practiced this spring with the .Thi Dallas Eagles of the Texas pilot-League at Daytona Beach, Fla.. poun^ t-; but hurt his shoulder and had ers 1 ir to go home. »ead;st He is a native of Amarillo. Alt n Tex., and played outfield for Nu- .fcstnr tdl evo Laredo of the Mexican iread I league last year. larcl til-j The Texans signed Mel Grif- ?aar] Id fin, another Negro, and he work- doub.ed out with them in spring train* awar ir! ing. Gnffin is now playing under ^a;. option to Centraha of the Mis* ®50 1 re] sissippf-Ohio Valley League. agen-mi The Texans are not a farm jaokj in1 team. They are owned by the Ru is! citizens of Texas City, who -speec ;o. bought stock in the club. I*00_ 1 led t.tr ——-, instoi
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Valley Morning Star
Harlingen, Texas, US
Sun, Jun 01, 1952
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