Negro Jackie Robinson had triumphed over race prejudice and enemy pitching. He was batting .312 and leading the National League in stolen bases.
Now that Brooklyn's Dodgers had broken through baseball's racial barrier, at least half a dozen other big-league clubs were scouting Negro talent. Last week the Cleveland Indians signed up powerful, 22-year-old Larry Doby, an infielder who has been batting .458 with the Newark (Negro) Eagles, and leading the league in home runs. Doby refused to believe the news until the Indians got down to specific details: did he want to go to Cleveland by plane or train? Said...
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