(BASEBALL.) Joy, John. Typed Letter Signed as President of the Negr o Major Leagues to Dan Burley of the Amsterdam News. 1 page, on letterhead of The Negro Major American and National League Baseball Teams. Chicago, 1947 E200/300 IMPORTANT LETTER

(BASEBALL.) Joy, John. Typed Letter Signed as President of the Negr o Major Leagues to Dan Burley of the Amsterdam News. 1 page, on letterhead of The Negro Major American and National League Baseball Teams. Chicago, 1947 E200/300 IMPORTANT LETTER REGARDING RECRUITING OF NEGRO PLAYERS BY THE MAJOR WHITE TEAMS. Joy cites necessity of having a "properly organized" league, "if it is to sur-vive." In fact signing Jackie Robinson by the Dodgers signaled the end of Negro leagues as such. Joy, seeing this coming, writes that white major league teams were acquiring Negro players at much lower salaries. He urges an "incorporated legal Negro Major League," to protect Negro players..