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But of his glittering eyes baseball fans live in dread.

7 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - The Rhyme of the Ancient Dodger classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:00:51 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Destination Freedom, dramatizations of the great democratic heritage of the Negro people...

- Brought to you by station WMAQ as a part of the pageant of history and of America's own Destination Freedom!

- This week we tell the story of Jackie Robinson, famous star player of the Brooklyn Dodgers, in a chapter entitled The Rhyme of the Ancient Dodger.

- Through the neon jungles of Brooklyn, New York, walks Sammy the Whammy...

- An Ancient Dodger, a man Brooklyn's barbers believe is dead.

- But of his glittering eyes baseball fans live in dread.

- He stalks the streets like a graveyard ghost. Hands outstretched like he's looking for a quarter.

- Inspecting the citizens from maids to the mayor till he spies a dame who's missed a game.

- And with his hairy mitt he grabs her collar, then this earth-shattering question he starts to holler...

- Say, babe, did you see them Bums play today? Did you?

- Now, I ain't seen no game, papa. Uncollar me or I'll cuff ya.

[...]

Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Destination Freedom Radio ShowQuotes with audio clips from Richard Durham's Destination Freedom old-time radio program, Radio's Black Legacy, 1948-1950.

Actors: Oscar Brown Jr., Studs Terkel, Janice Kingslow, Wezlyn Tilden

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