Auerbach knew that the Rochester Royals, who owned the initially draft pick, currently had a strong rebounder in Maurice Stokes, had been looking for an outdoors shooting guard, and were unwilling to pay Russell the $25,000 signing bonus he requested.
CHICAGO — José Abreu and Eloy Jiménez homered, Dylan Cease threw six robust innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics four-1 on Sunday.
In one more incident, Russell's mother was walking outside in a fancy dress when a white policeman accosted her.