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Treat wrote three books for children: ''], King of the Pitchers'' (1948), ''Duke of the Bruins'' (1950), and ''Boy Jockey'' (1953). Treat wrote three books for children: ''], King of the Pitchers'' (1948), ''Duke of the Bruins'' (1950), and ''Boy Jockey'' (1953).


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== Personal life == == Personal life ==

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Roger Treat (1906 – October 6, 1969) was an American sportswriter and author. He was a vocal critic of segregation policies in both baseball and football, and was cited by his contemporaries as a key figure in the effort to integrate both sports. Treat was also the editor of the first football encyclopedia.

Journalism

See also: Negro league baseball

Treat began his newspaper career as sports editor of the Washington Daily News in 1943 and moved to the Chicago American in 1947. His first published article was a piece for Esquire about boxer Wesley Ramey. He also worked at the Washington Post, Baltimore News-American, The News-Times, and Republican-American.

In 1944, in the midst of World War II and its associated shortages, Treat wrote a widely circulated satirical editorial in which he criticized various organizations, including Brown University and Columbia University, for wasting paper by sending out throwaway press releases to newspaper offices.

Treat was an advocate for racial integration in American sports. He helped Jackie Robinson get a tryout with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, and reportedly was involved in the decision to admit Jackie Robinson into the National League. In 1946, he helped to start an integrated baseball academy for young men. In 1947, he was let go from his position at the Washington Daily News following a number of columns in which he criticized the Umpires' Association for refusing to referee games featuring racially integrated teams. Another of Treat's 1947 columns concerned integration efforts at the Chicago Cubs. In 1948, noting that the Chicago White Sox only had one quality infielder, he suggested that the team place Art Wilson, a shortstop for the Birmingham Black Barons, on their roster.

Football encyclopedia

The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (first edition, 1952).

In the early 1950s, Treat launched an effort to document the history of American football. That work culminated in the 1952 publication of The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League. The book represented the first attempt to document the score of every game in the league's history and every player who had appeared in a game.

A 1952 review of the first edition in the Chicago Tribune called it a "touchdown". Frank Litsky, reviewing the sixth edition in the New York Times in 1969, described it as "monumental" and a "labor of love". A 1969 review of the seventh edition called it "an essential volume for the serious football buff, or already-knowledgable fan, or for the writer".

Treat oversaw the publication of six revised editions before his death in 1969. Thereafter, his daughter-in-law Suzanne Treat became the book's editor, publishing nine more editions between 1970 and 1979.

Other works

Treat wrote Man o' War, a biography of the racehorse Man o' War.

Among Treat's other books was a pulp novel called Joy Ride and a biography of his close friend Bernard J. Sheil entitled Bishop Sheil and the CYO. In a 1951 review of Bishop Sheil, where he noted that Sheil's pitching in his early years was good enough to win him offers from Major League teams, Cromie observed that "Treat, obviously, is a sincere admirer of the bishop".

Treat wrote three books for children: Walter Johnson, King of the Pitchers (1948), Duke of the Bruins (1950), and Boy Jockey (1953).

Treat's final book, published after his death, was a novel called The Endless Road. It tells the story of a Chicago newspaperman struggling with alcoholism. The Guardian called it "a heartfelt boost for Alcoholics Anonymous". The book was banned under Ireland's Censorship of Publications Act 1946 for being "indecent or obscene".

Personal life

Treat married his first wife, Eleanor, in June 1935. She filed for divorce in May 1949, alleging desertion. Treat and his second wife Gerda Dahl Treat, an actor and salesperson, had two sons, John Treat and Peter Treat. He died of lung cancer in Danbury, Connecticut.

Notes

  1. ^ "Roger Treat, 64, Sportswriter". Newsday. ProQuest document ID 915150949. October 9, 1969. p. 90.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ "Roger Treat, Sports Expert and Author, 64". The Boston Globe. ProQuest document ID 367057980. October 7, 1969. p. 39.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. "Sports Editor Reveals Reasons for Paper Famine". The Boston Globe. ProQuest document ID 840008550. July 16, 1944. p. D18.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. "Sport Expert Roger Treat Dies at 64". The Washington Post. ProQuest document ID 147619437. October 7, 1969. p. D4.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. Henderson, Edwin B. (May 11, 1946). "Not the AAU or DAR: No Color Line at Baseball College". New Journal and Guide. ProQuest document ID 567748016.
  6. Henderson, Edwin (June 21, 1947). "Dismissal of Treat Scored: D.C. Writer Was Jim Crow Foe". Chicago Defender. ProQuest document ID 492731417. p. 11.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Matney, Bill (September 6, 1957). "Jumpin' the Gun". Michigan Chronicle. ProQuest document ID 2395758006. p. 15.
  8. Lester, Larry (2001). Black Baseball's National Showcase: The East-West All-Star Game, 1933-1953. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-8032-8000-7.
  9. "Black Barons to Meet Champion Buckeyes May 1". Atlanta Daily World. ProQuest document ID 490850438. March 12, 1948. p. 2.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. Condon, Dave (November 9, 1952). "The Football Encyclopedia—a Touchdown!". Chicago Tribune. ProQuest document ID 178422441. p. B14.
  11. Litsky, Frank (February 7, 1969). "End Papers". The New York Times. ProQuest document ID 118659121. p. 35. ISSN 0362-4331. Monumental is the best description for this labor of love …{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. Pollack, Joe (December 7, 1969). "Off the Bench". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ProQuest document ID 1888172939. p. 7MA.
  13. Cromie, Robert (December 9, 1951). "Bishop Sheil's Fine Service to Humanity". Chicago Tribune. ProQuest document ID 178238009.
  14. Richardson, Maurice (July 10, 1959). "The Endless Road". The Guardian. p. B7. ProQuest document ID 480441576.
  15. "Censorship Board Bans 14 Books". The Irish Times. October 19, 1963. p. 14. ProQuest document ID 524133485.
  16. "Wife Files for Divorce from Sports Columnist". Chicago Tribune. May 19, 1949. p. B4. ProQuest document ID 177724585.
  17. "Gerda Dahl Treat". The Washington Post. June 5, 1994. p. B7. ProQuest document ID 307797984.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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