"The game brought out a new U.C.L.A. star, Jackie Robinson...who slashed off long gains and lived up generally to his advance ... from a cannon and the Trojans never got close again." ...
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Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson ... cheered. Robinson didn't seem to pay any attention to any of it." Still, he got just one hit in 10 at-bats in Louisville. With the Colonels up 2-1, the series ...
(WCTV) - The Jackie Robinson Boys and Girls Club ... a little more healthier generation coming up that’s obviously the biggest thing and then give kids a chance to play with good facilities ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday.
He would also suit up for the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia ... for playing time at first base alongside the legendary Jackie Robinson. Suffice to say, Robinson won the competition and ...
HONOLULU – Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson ... just 20 at the time, got quotes from Robinson in the clubhouse and ran them up to the AP staffer writing ...