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Posted By: Andy Broome

Chapman was born in Nashville but lived and died in Alabama. Powell spent a good deal of time in the South as well. Unfortunately, I have been looking for a Jake Powell autograph only because he was part of the 1931 Chattanooga Lookouts lineup.
I had read about Chapman's comments before but I did not realize Powell was such an @ss.
It doesn't surprise me, though. The South in the 1930s/40s was a tolerant place to live, if you were male and white.
It is interesting to note the Southern Association, which lasted from 1885 to 1961, never integrated. When the SA disbanded in 1961, The Sally League took over. Sally became the modern Southern League in 1964.

Andy

Edited to add marketing slogan: "Southern Association, nearly 100 years of racism."