Chief Askew's Diary: May 28, 1930

A "Negro ball game" was part of a segregated South in baseball

Other than his daily weather report, Chief Askew had nothing to say today other than there was a “Negro ball game this p.m. at fair grounds at 3:30.” All must have gone well, for he concluded “nothing much doing in our business.”

In these years of segregation, there were Negro and white baseball leagues, along with segregated schools, businesses, and just about everthing else. Paid subscribers can read on about Georgia native Josh Gibson, who was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and ultimately bested Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth in batting statistics. Click below to upgrade and become my 70th paid subscriber! Subscribe for a year and you will get a special gift!

This 1936 picture, accessed via Wikimedia Commons shows players in the 4th East-West Negro Baseball Leagues All-Stars game at Comiskey Park. Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige were among the players.