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[[image: photo of Jackie Robinson sitting just outside of dugout]]       
[[image: photo of Jackie Robinson bending over]]        
[[image: photo of Jackie Robinson about to step down into dugout]]

Insults. slurs, jeers, were part of everyday life for Negro rookie in his bid for major league spot.

  Few athletes have ever been forced to undergo the insults that were thrown at Jackie Robinson in his days as a rookie ball player. As an illustration of these insults, the film writers created the scenes shown above. The incident is pictured as happening when the ball team is playing an exhibition game in a Southern town. As Jackie sits outside the dugout to cool off, he is spotted by two small-town hecklers. Taking seats near the Negro player, the hecklers begin to ride Jackie. The ribbing reaches a climax when one leans over the fence and drops a squirming black cat on the field. He tells Jackie, "Here's your brother." The other heckler laughs at the smart trick. Jackie's first impulse is to toss the cat in the hoodlum's face, but he remembers Mr. Rickey's warning and advice. Instead, he takes his turn at bat, smashes a terrific hit. Reaching third, he steals home to electrify the crowd. Coming back to the bench, Jackie finds the cat is still hanging around, a

               THE JACKIE ROBINSON

Glove in hand, rookie Robinson enters Dodgers' dressing room for the first time. Players' silence indicates deep resentment some feel at "intrusion".

[[image: photo of several Dodger players in locker room]]