Jackie Robinson (88 page)

80.
snake-hipped
: PP, Oct. 11, 1936.

81.
dusky … sped around
: PP, Oct. 25, 1936.

82.
Then the fun started
: PP, Nov. 12, 1936.

83.
three Glendale boys piled on
: PP, Nov. 22, 1936.

84.
Robinson was all over
: PP, Jan. 30, 1937.

85.
for two years has been
: PSN, Jan. 29, 1937.

1.
created a sensation
: PP, March 27, 1937.

2.
one of the most
: PP, May 24, 1937.

3.
the greatest athletic season
: PSN, May 29, 1937.

4.
Jack was kind of shy
: Jack Gordon, interview.

5.
I hear you got
: ibid.

6.
I remember he used
: WP, Aug. 22, 1949.

7.
Say we are at
: Jack Gordon, interview.

8.
Someone told my mom
: ibid.

9.
It was there
: WP,
Aug. 22, 1949.

10.
in almost every game
: PP, July 10, 1937.

11.
the most beautiful
: PJCC, Sept. 3, 1937.

12.
Jack Robinson, the dashing
: PJCC, Sept. 14, 1937.

13.
fumbled the ball
: PP, Nov. 14, 1937.

14.
dark-hued phantom
: PP, Nov. 25, 1937.

15.
I had found out
: Jack Gordon, interview.

16.
the three colored players
: PP, Dec. 8, 1937.

17.
Pasadena will lose
: PJCC, Dec. 17, 1937.

18.
I wouldn’t join it
: Ray Bartlett, interview.

19.
We wore our official
: Jack Gordon, interview.

20.
I remember we had
: Warren Dorn to author, interview, Sept. 9, 1995.

21.
Sure, I socialized
: Ray Bartlett, interview.

22.
A lot of the time
: Shig Kawai to author, interview, Feb. 10, 1995.

23.
I felt left out
: Ray Bartlett, interview.

24.
You can’t eat in here
: Jack Gordon, interview.

25.
a slurring remark
: WP, Aug. 23, 1949.

26.
The Oklahoma boys
: Jack Gordon, interview.

27.
I called a little
: Roger Kahn, “Does Jackie Robinson Talk Too Much?”
Our World,
April 1953, p. 13.

28.
Coach Mallory laid down
: Carl T. Rowan with Jackie Robinson,
Wait Till Next Year
(N.Y.: Random House, 1960), p. 42.

29.
I decided that Bartlett
: Rowan, p. 43.

30.
Jack had the ball
: Jack Gordon, interview.

31.
the stormy petrel
: PJCC, Jan. 30, 1938.

32.
The next moment
: PP, Jan. 23, 1938.

33.
There is a story
: PSN, April 4, 1987.

34.
All that left
: ibid.

35.
had busted many
: Mack Robinson, interview.

36.
We didn’t have face masks
: Ray Bartlett, interview.

37.
They didn’t regard Jack
: Henry Shatford to author, interview, Sept. 6, 1995.

38.
Is Jack Robinson here?
: Jack Gordon, interview.

39.
elder members objected
:
I Never,
p. 20.

40.
He looked half his age
: Eleanor Peters Heard, interview.

41.
fearless, rational, comprehensive
: Karl E. Downs, “Timid Negro Students!,”
Crisis
(June 1936), pp. 171, 187.

42.
He really was a sort
: Ray Bartlett, interview.

43.
but no matter how
:
I Never,
p. 20.

44.
When I talked with
: ibid.

45.
there was somebody else
: WP, Aug. 23, 1949.

46.
instead of stopping
: PJCC, March 27, 1938.

47.
the greatest base runner
: PJCC, May 20, 1938.

48.
Geez, if that kid
: L.A.
Times,
April 4, 1977.

49.
a rather skinny kid
: CDB, Feb. 28, 1941.

50.
what struck me then
: PSN, Jan. 30, 1987.

51.
I couldn’t get over
: L.A.
Times,
April 4, 1977.

52.
the greatest all-around
: PJCC, June 4, 1938.

53.
It is doubtful
: PP, June 16, 1938.

54.
I never did understand
: PSN, April 7, 1987.

55.
mainly because the barbers
: PP, June 1, 1938.

56.
directly responsible for
: PP, Sept. 24, 1938.

57.
another scintillating exhibition
: PP, Oct. 1, 1938.

58.
after squirming out
: PP, Oct. 23, 1938.

59.
phenomenal
: PP, Oct. 28, 1938.

60.
reversed his field
: Duke Snider and Bill Gilbert,
The Duke of Flatbush
(N.Y.: Zebra, 1988), p. 22.

61.
Have you ever seen
: PP, Oct. 30, 1938.

62.
Gift from Heaven
: PP, Dec. 4, 1938.

63.
a number of colleges
:
I Never,
p. 22.

64.
We all knew USC
: Ray Bartlett, interview.

65.
a real good scholarship
: Henry Shatford, interview.

66.
my greatest fan
:
I Never,
p. 21.

67.
high class, cultured
: Woody Strode and Sam Young,
Goal Dust
(N.Y.: Madison Books, 1990), p. 84.

68.
Don’t bet any money
: PP, Dec. 13, 1938.

69.
He made a decided
: PP, Dec. 21, 1938.

70.
Compton’s old bugaboo
: PP, Jan. 7, 1939.

71.
The phenomenal Negro athlete
: PP, Feb. 4, 1938.

72.
outstanding service
: Pasadena Junior College Yearbook, 1939.

73.
To them he was
: L.A.
Times,
April 4, 1977.

74.
a free-for-all scuffle
:
California Eagle,
Jan. 12, 1939.

75.
we don’t allow Negroes
: ibid.

76.
of flagrant discrimination
: ibid.

77.
If my mother, brothers
: PSN, April 7, 1987.

1.
the wild rumors that
: CDB, Feb. 16, 1939.

2.
one of the greatest
: ibid.

3.
the Black Panther
:
California Eagle,
March 9, 1939.

4.
his wickedly unorthodox style
:
California Eagle,
July 6, 1939.

5.
Mama was living
: Willa Mae Walker, interview.

6.
I was very shaken
:
I Never,
p. 22.

7.
the biggest argument
:
California Eagle,
Aug. 17, 1939.

8.
swimming
offered
:
California Eagle,
July 27, 1939.

9.
use and occupancy
: James E. Crimi, “The Social Status of the Negro in Pasadena, California,” M.A. thesis, University of Southern California (June 1941), p. 72, Pasadena Historical Society.

10.
and the man said something
: Ray Bartlett, interview.

11.
he turned pale
: WP, Aug. 21, 1949.

12.
between
40
and
50
: PSN, Sept. 6, 1939.

13.
So I withdrew
: Ray Bartlett, interview.

14.
I found myself
: WP, Aug. 21, 1949.

15.
an attorney prominent
: PSN, Oct. 17, 1939.

16.
another Negro youth
: PSN, Oct. 18, 1939.

17.
the police court had
: ibid.

18.
that the Negro football
: ibid.

19.
I got out of that
: WP, Aug. 22, 1949.

20.
I understand
: Ray Bartlett, interview.

21.
Didn’t the newspapers come
: WP, Aug. 22, 1949.

22.
This thing followed me
: ibid.

23.
my first personal experience
: ibid.

24.
There were really two
: Henry Shatford, interview.

25.
UCLA was the first
: CDB, Feb. 2, 1979.

26.
Gold Dust Trio
: CDB, Sept. 29, 1939.

27.
Pasadena and Westwood faithfuls
: CDB, Registration Edition, Sept. 1939.

28.
We’ve never run
: CDB, Oct. 2, 1939.

29.
the prettiest piece
:
California Eagle,
Oct. 12, 1939.

30.
were unanimous
: CDB, Oct. 9, 1939.

31.
Three thousand Bruin rooters
: CDB, Oct. 16, 1939.

32.
Jackrabbit Jackie Robinson
: CDB, Oct. 23, 1939.

33.
Mr. Robinson took
: Oct. 30, 1939.

34.
the greatest ball-carrier
:
California Eagle,
Oct. 26, 1939.

35.
Bruin stock went all
: CDB, Nov. 2, 1939.

36.
snaked his way down
: CDB, Dec. 1, 1939.

37.
Jackie was well past
:
California Eagle,
Dec. 7, 1939.

38.
past our secondary
: Woody Strode and Sam Young,
Goal Dust
(N.Y.: Madison Books, 1990), p. 101.

39.
Jack Robinson—Better than
: CDB, Oct. 27, 1939.

40.
“White man, you’re”
: Henry Shatford, interview.

41.
Kenny is a really
:
California Eagle,
Oct. 5, 1939.

42.
the greatest athlete
: CDB, Oct. 10, 1940.

43.
Jackie was a very
: Strode,
Goal Dust,
pp. 86–87.

44.
It was a real treat
: Henry Shatford, interview.

45.
was always eager to cooperate
: Westwood
Home Press,
Oct. 6, 1955.

46.
They had loaned me
: Ray Bartlett, interview.

47.
When the Headman saw
: CDB, Nov. 9, 1939.

48.
Jack Robinson, who is
: CDB, Jan. 10, 1940.

49.
a very willing worker
: Robert Campbell to John B. Jackson and Joel Gardner, interview, 1980, UCLA Oral History Program, UCLA Archives.

50.
He encouraged me
: WP
,
Aug. 25, 1949.

51.
Easily the best man
: CDB (Registration Edition, Sept. 1940).

52.
the best individual performance
: CDB, Feb. 26, 1940.

53.
On one series
: CDB, Feb. 22, 1940.

54.
Robinson has more natural
: CDB, Feb. 27, 1940.

55.
the speed and shooting
: CDB, March 1, 1940.

56.
Schools cannot teach that
: Arthur Mann,
The Jackie Robinson Story
(N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1951), p. 62.

57.
The phenomenal Negro athlete
: CDB, March 11, 1940.

58.
I can’t see
: CDB, March 12, 1940.

59.
colder than Jackie Robinson’s
: CDB, April 22, 1940.

60.
the kind of a behind
: CDB, April 29, 1940.

61.
a long, sad afternoon
: CDB, May 2, 1940.

62.
provided he met
: CDB, May 14, 1940.

63.
“I Do Not Choose”
: CDB, May 8, 1940.

64.
He talked about this
: Ray Bartlett, interview.

65.
My father was sick
: Rachel Robinson, interview.

66.
He needed me
: ibid.

67.
She had nothing
: ibid.

68.
All my sorrows
: ibid.

69.
I remember
: ibid.