Dr. Jack Burgess -- The Secret Game

[UMGriz75]

An Interesting story. If this has been posted before, apologies, but I just ran across it today.

Of the many remarkable things Jack Burgess did in his eighty years on Earth, playing in The Secret Game clearly stands out.

A starting guard when he played for the Montana Grizzlies, Burgess later joined a team of medical students at Duke University who matched up against a local college squad with a record of 19-1 that happened to be black. He was a catalyst for this breakthrough game, which was played in a closed, empty gym in Durham, N.C., on March 19, 1944. It was, almost without question, the first time an organized game pitted an all-white team against one that was all black. And it happened in the segregated South.

http://montanan.umt.edu/issues/winter-2016/jack-burgess/default.php

 

[GrizLA]

The USA,, especially the South, has come a long way but, sadly, we are witnessing a revival of the old ways. Good people are labeled "libtards" for refusing to accept the racial divide forced upon us by the media, the politicians, the talking head industry, entertainment industry, and I see no genuine solution but to practice the Golden Rule. We are here for such a short amount of time, and we share the same air, earth. I don't understand some of the dark things unleashed in our society with the election of Barak Obama and now with the election of Trump. I live part time in South Carolina and I do not see a lot of the overt racial hostility and claimed exclusivity of the Midwest and California. I wish it would all end but I am not naïve. Being older has taught me a few things. Live and let live, tend your own garden, and the Golden Rule.

 

[citygriz]

When I was a kid in Helena I mowed lawns during the summer, and one of my customers was a Dr. Burgess who lived on Floweree. I don't know that I ever saw him. I just showed up, did the work, and one of the maids in his house paid me. Anybody know if he lived on Floweree?

 

[citygriz]

The USA,, especially the South, has come a long way but, sadly, we are witnessing a revival of the old ways. Good people are labeled "libtards" for refusing to accept the racial divide forced upon us by the media, the politicians, the talking head industry, entertainment industry, and I see no genuine solution but to practice the Golden Rule. We are here for such a short amount of time, and we share the same air, earth. I don't understand some of the dark things unleashed in our society with the election of Barak Obama and now with the election of Trump. I live part time in South Carolina and I do not see a lot of the overt racial hostility and claimed exclusivity of the Midwest and California. I wish it would all end but I am not naïve. Being older has taught me a few things. Live and let live, tend your own garden, and the Golden Rule.

Well put, LA. Well put. That age-old wonder: The Golden Rule. So easy to understand. So hard to apply.
Apparently.

P.S. Did you see the Ole Miss game? Thought you were going to give us an update.

 

[spam]

When I was a kid in Helena I mowed lawns during the summer, and one of my customers was a Dr. Burgess who lived on Floweree. I don't know that I ever saw him. I just showed up, did the work, and one of the maids in his house paid me. Anybody know if he lived on Floweree?

I believe you are thinking of Hank, also a great man. He had seven daughters and a son.

 

[GrizLA]

The USA,, especially the South, has come a long way but, sadly, we are witnessing a revival of the old ways. Good people are labeled "libtards" for refusing to accept the racial divide forced upon us by the media, the politicians, the talking head industry, entertainment industry, and I see no genuine solution but to practice the Golden Rule. We are here for such a short amount of time, and we share the same air, earth. I don't understand some of the dark things unleashed in our society with the election of Barak Obama and now with the election of Trump. I live part time in South Carolina and I do not see a lot of the overt racial hostility and claimed exclusivity of the Midwest and California. I wish it would all end but I am not naïve. Being older has taught me a few things. Live and let live, tend your own garden, and the Golden Rule.

Well put, LA. Well put. That age-old wonder: The Golden Rule. So easy to understand. So hard to apply.
Apparently.

P.S. Did you see the Ole Miss game? Thought you were going to give us an update.

Couldn't make it. Hurricane damage. Lost a couple of pecan trees..couldn't watch it on tv either. But, I thought the Griz would win. Alas...