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Tlu* untimely death of Andrew “Rube” Foster several years ago, deprived baseball of a man who had contributed materially to the growth of the (fame. In baseball, for more than twenty years, he was a powerful factor.Foster was not only smart, able and ruccessful in handling Ins team on the playing field, ho also manifested a business acumen whirh enabled Negro ba eball to rise up from a belter skelter ar-langement of trains, to an organ-1 ized body— the Negro National League, *The Negro National I/eaguo was organized in 1920 at Kansas City, Mo, Footer was elected the f)rlt;t president. Financial condi- tfnn* caufled several changes in i the froncrat makeup of the league before Foster’s death, but he always managed to keep inter eat alive.When Foster was forced out in j 1926 because of illness, a rryeting was called in Chicago and Judge | William Hurston was elected ! president. Hucston served until the league petered out in 19.11,Cum Posey tried his hand at organized baseball in 19.12, or-i tfnnizing the Fast-West League. The league failed before the end I of the season.This year CJus Greenlee, the big baseball and fight magnate from Pittsburgh, is attempting to give j-thc fans another taste of organ-I ized baseball. He is heading the newly formed Negro National Association.Greenlee, with bis rough and ready ways, seems to heihe Mo«ea for ft e grp, baseball. He is attempting to lead the owners out of the* wilderness of depression. And w^iile he* is not making much i j headway at present, the future , looka very bright for the man who owns and controls Greenlee Field . in Pittsburgh. The* big fellow is injecting the fight spirit in the game. Ho believes in plenty of advertising and keeping the fans 4 informed of wihat i.s going on. ( Greenlee should he a success.
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Detroit Tribune
Detroit, Michigan, US
Sat, May 20, 1933
Page 1
Full Page
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Michael W.
NA, 22 Jul 2023
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