The central idea is that it will be a hard fight against prejudice. Place details in the correct categories. After that he had some grim words of warning . “We can’t fight our way through this, Robinson. We’ve got no army. There’s virtually nobody on our side . No owners , no umpires, very few newspapermen . And I’m afraid that many fans will be hostile . We’ll be in a tough position . We can win only if we can convince the world that I’m doing this because you’re a great ballplayer and a fine gentleman .”