Flores, Raymond 2000-12-08
Raymond Flores was the first Hispanic player on the Lubbock Black Hubbers baseball team.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Raymond Flores
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Date: December 08, 2000
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Daniel Sanchez
Length: 00:41:40
Abstract
Introduction; Sports as a teenager in; Playing on the “Grown-up team”; Amarillo was the toughest team; Working in the Santa Fe Railroad Round House, Slaton, Texas; Farm family (Mr. Henry Pinkert German family); Idea of playing in a league; Tryouts; The Lubbock Hubbers; Didn’t get a chance to play; Facing discrimination (light skin but “Mexican last name”); Williams brothers; Black Hubbers; Playing with the Black Hubbers; Competing against Almo Sedberry for first-base; Flores (again); Pitching; Sonny John; Teams he faced; Beat Lubbock Hubbers 8 to 2; Sports inclined; Playing golf regularly; Love for sports; Conditions during the season; Local baseball team; Traveling with the team; Teams helping each other out; Segregation (separate bathrooms for Hispanics); Home teams pay for opposing team’s transportation and feeding; Home team accommodates visiting team; After combat 1945; Injuries; Lubbock Hubbers (again); Playing with the Black Hubbers in 1947; Injured right arm and couldn’t compete; Good Hispanic teams could not play with white people; Playing with the Black Hubbers; Separation of races (Hispanics couldn’t eat, or drink with white people); Fellow teammates; Played the Hubbers once; Different names for pitching; Interest in other sports; Encountering golf as a young boy; Lubbock Country Club (working as a golf caddy); Started playing golf at 40 years old; McKenzie Park; Hispanics were not allowed there; Grandfather paid taxes in 1909 on his land and could not go on that land; Always had an interest in sports; Didn’t play basketball or tennis; Exposure to the little league; Not many Hispanic children in Lubbock; Started integrating; ’62 could not drink water from the fountain that white people used; Gave advice to children on how to throw a ball; Thomas Botello; People deserve to be noticed in the city; Early Families; Suzie Howard; People that have been in Lubbock for years; The need for recognition of Latin Americans; Founding Fathers of Lubbock’s Barrio; Ventura Flores; Rubio; The family’s hard work; Uncle Julio Flores; Young generations lack of knowledge and respect.
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