Ine
adauzidwa kuti ndine ndekha wolemba zamasewera akadali perpendicular
amene anali pa ndewu ija”—popeza kuti ndewuyo ilili
1938 Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight Championship kupambana mu
Yankee Stadium, Lester Rodney mwina ali ndi ufulu umenewo. Rodney, amene
ndiye anapanga Daily
Wogwira ntchito's dipatimenti yamasewera ya munthu m'modzi, yatero
sanadutse osati anzake okha pa kugunda kwamasewera, komanso kwautali
kukhala chete komwe kunaphimba mbiri ya kampeni yake ndi pepala lake
kuphatikiza Major League baseball.
In
1958, atatsimikiza kuti mabungwe onsewa anali osasinthika,
Rodney ndi ena atatu Daily Wogwira ntchito akonzi poyera
adasiya ntchito m'nyuzipepala ndi Chipani cha Chikomyunizimu chomwe chinafalitsa
izo. Kuchokera kumeneko ntchito ya Rodney ngati wolemba masewera achikominisi
idachoka pakali pano kukhala yosatheka kutchulidwa ndipo kwenikweni
anasowa pa zolembedwa mpaka kufalitsidwa kwa Jules
Ndi Tygiel mpira'Kuyesera Kwakukulu:
Jackie Robinson ndi Cholowa Chake Zaka 25 pambuyo pake. Zatenga
zaka zowonjezera 20 kuti nkhani yonse iwonekere
kusindikiza mu Irwin Silber's Press Box Red: Nkhani ya Lester
Rodney, Wachikomyunizimu Yemwe Anathandizira Kuphwanya Mzere Wamtundu ku America
Masewera.
Liti
Rodney adawona buku lake loyamba Wogwira Ntchito Tsiku ndi Tsiku mu 1936 iye
anali wophunzira wazaka 24 wa ku New York University usiku kuchokera ku gulu lodzisunga
Banja la Republican, koma kusunthira kumanzere. Kusewera nthawi zonse ndi
kutsatira masewera, iye mwachibadwa anatembenuka kuyang'ana pepala
tsamba lamasewera, koma adapeza kuti ili ndi gawo lamasewera lachilendo
kamodzi kokha pa sabata.
So
pamene Rodney analephera kutumiza maganizo ake pankhaniyi
ku ku Wantchito mkonzi, iye—chodabwitsa kwambiri—anaitanidwa
kuti tikambirane kalata yake, ndipo posakhalitsa adafunsa ngati angafune
kusintha gawo la masewera, zomwe zikutanthauza kulemba gawo lonse.
Ndi mpira wa baseball panthawiyo, Rodney yemwe anali mtsogoleri wadziko lonse
analipereka chidwi kwambiri ndipo kwa zaka khumi ndi chimodzi zotsatira, iye mopanda mantha
adafunsa chifukwa chake komanso chifukwa chake akuda achotsedwa
kuchokera pachisangalalo cha dziko.
On
chikumbutso cha 50 cha Robinson's 1947 Brooklyn Dodger,
ndi New York Times adavomereza, "Masabata akuda ... monga
komanso Wogwira Ntchito Tsiku ndi Tsiku…anali atalimbikira kwambiri pa baseball
olamulira osasunthika kuti asayine oyenerera a Negro Leaguers kuyambira 1930s, "
koma pa nthawiyo Times, pamodzi ndi atolankhani ena onse,
sananene chilichonse pa mutuwo.
He
adafunsa osewera achizungu ngati angasewere ndi akuda. Kawirikawiri iwo
adati atero ndipo Rodney adawagwira mawu. Ambiri anali atakumana kale ndi anthu akuda
ena mwa mazana a masewera ankasewera pakati wakuda wamba ndi
white all-star timu, koma chete pamasewera a barnstorming awa
zinali zachizoloŵezi kwambiri pamene Joe DiMaggio adadodometsa gulu la olemba masewera
powauza kuti Negro League wamkulu Satchell Paige anali wabwino kwambiri
Mtsuko womwe adakumana nawo, Rodney akukumbukira kuti, "Tinali ndi vuto lalikulu
mutu wankhani tsiku lotsatira. Mapepala ena sanatchulepo, "
ndi Nkhani Zosangalatsa, kenako limadziwika kuti “Baibulo”
wa baseball, atha kunena kuti, “Palibe wosewera wa Negro
ndi mwayi waukulu wa ligi. " The Wogwira ntchito adaseweranso
kwezani zovuta za Paige kwa wopambana wa World Series kuti atenge nawo
gulu lakuda la nyenyezi zonse ndipo pamapeto pake linaphimba Young Communist
Kampeni ya League yosonkhanitsa osayina pafupifupi mamiliyoni awiri
kuthandizira ufulu wakuda kusewera mu Majors.
Author
Irwin Silber amapereka theka la bukuli kuti awonetse zoyesayesa za Rodney
m'chiwonetsero chachikulu ndikulola mutu wake kuyankhula kwa ena onse.
Zotsatira zake zimakhala zosangalatsa kuwerenga. Rodney ndiwosangalatsa kwambiri
pa ena mwa osewera akuda oyambirira. Amapeza Purezidenti wa Dodger Nthambi
Kusankha kwa Rickey kwa Jackie Robinson ngati mpainiya penapake
chodabwitsa kuti Robinson anali msilikali wodziwika, pokhala "ali
khoti lankhondo m'gulu lankhondo chifukwa chokana kukhala kumbuyo kwa a
basi ku Texas. Koma mwina anali munthu wa koleji yekhayo
ofuna kutero," mwina kutsogolera Rickey kuganizira
ndiye wokonzekera bwino kwambiri pazovutazo. Rodney akuganiza kuti Roy
Campanella, yemwe adatsatira Robinson kupita ku Dodger, nthawi zambiri samatero
kupeza mangawa ake chifukwa cha kuyankhula mofewa, koma amatikumbutsa
kuti Wogwira Hall of Fame anali membala wa komiti yayikulu
wa New York NAACP (National Association for the Advancement
wa Anthu Achikuda) ndikukhalabe ndi malingaliro okulirapo pakufunika
kuphatikiza kwa baseball kuposa ambiri, kulimbikira kuti kunali
inatsegula njira kaamba ka chigamulo cha Khoti Lalikulu loletsa tsankho la masukulu.
Willie Mays, kumbali ina, Rodney anaganiza, "anali chabe
wosewera mpira. Campy (Campanella) sanamuganizirepo kwambiri chifukwa
Willie sanganene chilichonse chokhutiritsa. ”
china
chinthu chomwe Rodney sanali wadziko lakale mwina adakhalapo ndi magawo awiri mwa atatuwo
kwa zaka zana kuyambira pomwe adayamba ntchitoyi ndikuyamikiridwa kofala
za chinthu chodabwitsa chotani nanga kukhala wa Chipani cha Chikomyunizimu
wolemba masewera. Dick Young wa Daily News anamuuza kuti, “Ine
kudana ndi matumbo a Commies ndi zomwe amaima koma ngati iwo
onse anali ngati inu…” ndipo kenako adamupatsa chinthu chomwe amachidziwa
pepala lake lomwe silinamulole kuti asindikize, ndi chiyembekezo choti Rodney angatero
thamangitsani mu Wogwira ntchito. Koma mwina manejala wa Dodger Leo Durocher,
Wodziwika bwino chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito mwanzeru mawu otukwana, adachita chidwi kwambiri
za ntchito ya Rodney ndi nthabwala zake, "Kwa Chikomyunizimu choyipa,
ukudziwa bwino baseball yako."
Tom Gallagher
ndi wochita ziwonetsero komanso wolemba pawokha wokhala ku California.