The Noble Experiment

By aubri_smithey23

  • Hotel

    Branch Rickey and his team stayed in a hotel. Mr.Ricky had to deal with a manager that didn't want Charley Thomas a negro to stay in his hotel. But they compromised and he stayed on a cot.

  • Project

    he had to find the ideal player for his project, which came to be called “Rickey’s noble experiment.”

  • Brooklyn Dodgers

    Branch Rickey became the boss of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

  • Conference

    Mr.Rickey called a press conference and announced that the Dodgers were organizing the United
    States League, composed of all black teams.

  • The Scout

    At Comiskey Park in Chicago, Jackie Robinson was approached
    by Clyde Sukeforth, the Dodger scout.He told me the Brown
    Dodgers were looking for top ballplayers, that Branch Rickey had heard about me and sent him to watch me throw from the hole.

  • Contract

    I was offered, and agreed to sign later, a contract with a $3,500 bonus and $600-a-month salary. I was officially a Montreal Royal.