The Jackie Robinson Story Page #4

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Sure... that's great.

(Ernie) Hey, who's your friend?

Scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Signed me for the

New York Yankees.

Were gonna give me a bonus

to pitch for the Red Sox.

And then his keeper came.

Some guys think they're funny.

Yeah, you can say that again.

Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tap

ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tap.

Yes?

(Clyde) Robinson!

Clyde Sukeforth.

Sukeforth?

Ta-ta-ta-ta-tap.

Robinson, is that you in there?

Coming!

I don't understand

this, Robinson!

Don't you have a good mind?

Or are you playing coy?

I waited for you till

I missed the train.

What's the idea?

You don't mean you're really

with the Dodgers?

Whaoooooo...

You got a girl, Jackie?

Well, uh, I don't know.

What do you mean,

you don't know?

Traveling around all the time,

and not writing

as often as I should...

I think I still have a girl.

Good, you'll need one.

Do you know why

we brought you here?

No, sir... not exactly.

I heard you were starting

a colored ball team.

Is that it?

No, you were

brought here to play

with the Brooklyn organization.

Montreal, to start with.

Me?

Play for Montreal?

I want to win pennants

and we need ballplayers.

The war set us back a little.

So, three years ago,

the Brooklyn Dodger management

decided to scout

untapped sources of supply...

Mexico, Cuba, all the

Latin American countries,

and our own country too.

That right, Clyde?

From coast to coast.

Yes... for players

who can help us win.

Many of the men

we saw were good.

Some had great promise...

Like you.

Do you think

you can do it, Jackie?

Make good in organized baseball?

If I got the chance.

There's more here

than just playing.

I wish it just meant runs

and hits and errors...

The things you can see

in a box score.

Heh... a box score.

You know, a box score is

really democratic, Jackie.

It doesn't say how big you are

or how your father

voted in the last election,

or what church you attend.

It just tells you

what kind of a ballplayer

you were that day.

Well, isn't that what counts?

It's all that ought to count.

And maybe someday

it's all that will count.

That's why we brought you here.

I want to see if we can make

a start in that direction.

It'll take a lot of courage.

Yeah... it sure will.

It might take more courage

for the organization

than for you, Jackie.

Have you thought of that?

I haven't thought of anything.

It's all so sudden...

Kind of hits me

straight between the eyes.

Just relax, boy.

There's plenty of time.

Pull up a chair...

Make yourself comfortable.

Thanks.

We're tackling

something big here, Jackie.

If we fail, no one

will try again for 20 years.

But if we succeed...

If we succeed, Brooklyn

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