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Originally Posted by Stanley Kuppchaser
Hearing Sugar Hill brings back memories of listening to Art Rust Jr. and his various sports shows on the radio. He always talked about his growing up in Sugar Hill. I also remember Jack Spector doing sports on WMCA, the first station to go all talk. About once a week, Spector used to play nicknames. No prizes or anything, just folks calling up and chipping with old baseball nicknames. Rust also wrote a few fine books, including one on the Negro Leagues called, "Get that (N-word) Off the Field." The title came from a quote from the lips of Adrian "Cap" Anson, who refused to play against a team with a black player. Always disliked Anson since then and would not use him in Strat-O-Matic back in the day or in PT now.
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Arthur George Rust Jr. was a treasure. I listened to him on WMCA and then WABC. The mouths the spew talk radio, sports or otherwise should be forced to listen to his old shows.
I have the Sugar Hill team listed as playing at the Polo Grounds, I think I may change it to the Big Ball Orchard in the Bronx- that is what Art Rust called Yankee Stadium.
I heard many references to the book and looked to purchase it a long time ago. It wasn't easy to find then, except in first editions that were more than I wanted to pay. I may look into it again for some summer reading.