Chatham All-Stars in the Chatham Daily News 1934
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Title
Chatham All-Stars in the Chatham Daily News 1934
Subject
Pages from the Chatham Daily news from 1934 that mention the Chatham Coloured All-Stars and their players.
Description
As you read these articles about the Chatham Coloured All-Stars’ 1934 championship season, keep in mind that newspapers often reflect biases and values found in the wider society. In some of the newspaper articles, you may see various stereotypes and terms about African-Canadians and other groups in the coverage. For example, reporters would refer to grown African-Canadian men as “boys” or would do plays-on-words with “coloured,” a term commonly used to describe black people in that period (and was of course used by the team itself in their name). See if you can notice these instances of racial bias and stereotypes. Also, take a look at Dan Kelly’s paper on the history of the Chatham Coloured All-Stars, available on this site, which talks about the way the newspapers covered this African-Canadian team.
A note on Jack Calder: one of the columnists who regularly wrote about the All-Stars in the Chatham Daily News later lost his life in World War II. After he left the Chatham Daily News, he worked as a sports reporter for the wire service Canadian Press. When war broke out, he joined the Royal Air Force, serving as a navigator. He died in 1944 when his aircraft was hit, and he was buried in Germany.
A note on Jack Calder: one of the columnists who regularly wrote about the All-Stars in the Chatham Daily News later lost his life in World War II. After he left the Chatham Daily News, he worked as a sports reporter for the wire service Canadian Press. When war broke out, he joined the Royal Air Force, serving as a navigator. He died in 1944 when his aircraft was hit, and he was buried in Germany.
Publisher
Chatham Daily News
Contributor
The University of Windsor digitized these materials transforming them from their limited availability on microfilm to a digital format.
Items in the Chatham All-Stars in the Chatham Daily News 1934 Collection
Chatham Daily News July 11th 1934
Stars Gain Thirteenth Win. Five inning game goes to leaders as Duns collapse. Chase Hurls Three Hitter.