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Article: Seldom-told tale of Robinson's spring of '46: On March 4, 1946, Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier by reporting to the Montreal Royals' training camp in Sanford. Two days later, he was run.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- March 4, 2006
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Byline: Andrew Carter
Mar. 4--SANFORD -- The lead story on the sports page in the Orlando Sentinel on Tuesday, March 5, 1946, is about an exhibition tennis match between William T. Tilden II and Vincent Richards. There's a story about the Orlando High Tigers basketball team and a Washington Senators intrasquad scrimmage. Near the bottom, below a brief about bass fishing, is a tiny headline -- "NEGRO STARS REPORT" -- followed by one paragraph: "Baseball broke a precedent of long standing yesterday when shortstop Jackie Robinson and pitcher John Wright, two negro athletes, reported for spring training with the Montreal Royals, Brooklyn's farm club in ...
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