1950's Sports | Baseball's East-West All-Star Game

"East-West Game Faces Death in Chicago Park"

Newspaper article

By: Johnny Johnson

Date: August 21, 1953

Source: Johnson, Johnny. "East-West Game Faces Death in Chicago Park." Kansas City Call, August 21, 1953. Reprinted in Lester, Larry. Black Baseball's National Showcase: The East-West All-Star Game, 1933–1953. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 2001, 387–388.

About the Author: Johnny Johnson was a leading sportswriter for African American newspapers in the 1940s and 1950s. He was listed as the sports editor for the Call, the magazine of the Socialist Party, a group sympathetic to the needs of the African American community.

"All-Star Tilt Fails to Impress Scouts from Big Leagues"

Newspaper article

By: Wendell Smith

Date: August 22, 1953

Source: Smith, Wendell. "All-Star...