• Foundations built on falsehood • Paving the road Foundations built on falsehood In an effort to correct any misconceptions about evolution, I would like to direct your attention to Wikipedia and the subject Piltdown man, a “discovery” that was
• Foundations built on falsehood •
Paving the road
Foundations built on falsehood
In an effort to correct any misconceptions about evolution, I would like to direct your attention to Wikipedia and the subject Piltdown man, a “discovery” that was “made” in 1913 which was the bit of information which “evolution” was based, and used as its crutch to limp its way through the scientific mindset.
This hoax was uncovered in 1953. A famous Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (author Sherlock Holmes) was purported to have authored this hoax as well by Robert Milner, a well-known science historian.
Doyle was known to dabble in occultism, and is even mentioned in Max Freedom Long’s “Secret Science Behind Miracles.” Although he flew the flag of a Christian, apparently the evidence leads to other conclusions. Given all the facts, it is probably not a good idea to continue to perpetuate a hoax.
In light of the evidence, I would suggest the same scrutiny be applied to the statehood question, as some of the same names as are involved in both hoaxes.
Exposure to the truth would have you feeling anew (born again), and uproot the foundations built on falsehood.
Alan Farley, Kilauea
Paving the road
A third-grade school teacher friend of mine in Southern California had her class do a project on the immortal, Hall of Fame baseball player, Jackie Robinson.
Since she knew that I had briefly played with Jackie on the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1953, she asked me for my thoughts about him, Pee Wee Reese, and Branch Rickey.
The following was my reply and in further reflection I could have said that our African American President Barack Obama might well be the Jackie Robinson of our nation being the first black president in our history.
Certainly Obama doesn’t have to endure the magnitude of discrimination that Jackie had to put up with: he needn’t drink at a water fountain for blacks only; he needn’t have to stay at a “black” hotel separated from the ones where his teammates stayed; nor have his food where only blacks were served; nor use restrooms that said black and white.
I saw so many examples of racial hatred in those days that coming from Los Angeles I couldn’t believe what these great black ball players (Campanella, Black, Gilliam, Newcombe) had to endure.
Our society has come a long way since then but the racial hatred, all races, is still there for all minorities and we have a lot of work to do to make this great nation of ours truly color blind.
Having played with Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese for a very short time, I can only say that it was the thrill of my life.
At the age of 22 I was called to Brooklyn from Ft. Worth of the AA Texas League and it was truly a dream come true. Especially since I hadn’t been in pro baseball a full season it was even a greater honor to be in the Big Leagues.
Knowing that Jackie went to UCLA and was the only athlete in the school’s history to letter in four sports (baseball, football, track, basketball) I felt comfortable talking to him since I too was a Bruin.
Branch Rickey was one of the true geniuses in the game of baseball. He desperately wanted to bring the great Negro players from their leagues into the Major Leagues and with the segregation and discrimination of the blacks at the time it wasn’t going to be easy.
Mr. Rickey (as everyone called him) had to find not only a player with exceptional baseball skills and ability but, just as important or even more so, a player who could ignore the many abuses (verbally and physically) he would have to take both on and off the field.
At the time there were other Negro ball players like Josh Gibson and Sacho Page who may have had better baseball talents than Jackie but only in Rickey’s opinion did Jackie have all the qualifications it would take to clear this gigantic transition from the Negro Leagues to the Big Leagues.
Remember that the Ku Klux Klan was “legally” operating at the time and nationwide discrimination was practiced.
When Jackie was called to Brooklyn from Montreal (the Dodgers AAA ball club in Canada) in 1947, many of his teammates were from the South where Negro hatred was more prevalent than other sections of the U.S. Thus not only did Jackie have to ignore the abuse he took from other teams and their fans, he had to tolerate abuse from his own players.
However, Harold “Pee Wee” Reese (his nickname came from being a marble champion and not from his size), who was from Louisville, respected and befriended Jackie and he along with other great Dodger players formed many championship teams.
Jackie Robinson was one of the greatest competitors I ever played with. Whether it was an exhibition game or a World Series game Jackie played it with all the ability he had and played to win.
He was also a very caring and compassionate person. When I was sent back to Montreal in the spring Jackie made a point of finding me at Vero Beach and telling me to get back to Brooklyn soon as he would be looking for me.
What he did for the game of baseball and for all African American players that followed in his footsteps will never again be equaled.
Glenn Mickens, Kapa‘a
