Editing Ferguson Jenkins (section)

==Early life==
Jenkins was born and raised in [[Chatham-Kent|Chatham, Ontario]], the only child of Delores Jackson and [[Ferguson Jenkins Sr.]]<ref name="blackcanada"/><ref name="windsor">[http://cdigs.uwindsor.ca/BreakingColourBarrier/fergie-jenkins-sr Breaking The Colour Barrier] [[University of Windsor]]. Retrieved November 5, 2017.</ref> His father, a chef and [[chauffeur]],<ref>[http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/2001/ferguson-jenkins Ferguson Jenkins] Canada's Walk of Fame. Retrieved February 4, 2014.</ref> was the son of immigrants from [[Barbados]], while his mother was a descendant of captive Africans enslaved in America, who escaped through the [[Underground Railroad]] before settling in [[Southwestern Ontario]].<ref name="blackcanada"/><ref name="windsor"/> Both of his parents were good athletes; his father was an [[amateur boxing|amateur boxer]] and semi-professional [[baseball]] player for the [[Chatham Coloured All-Stars]].<ref name="windsor"/>

A talented athlete, Jenkins competed in [[track and field]], [[ice hockey]], and basketball in his school years, lettering five times. When he began playing bantam baseball in his teens, he started out as a [[first baseman]]. He honed his pitching skills by throwing pieces of coal from a local coal yard, aiming at either an open ice chute or the gaps of passing [[boxcar]]s.<ref name="blackcanada"/> He was also encouraged to continue working on his pitching by Gene Dziadura, a former [[shortstop]] in the [[Chicago Cubs]] minor league system, and a [[Philadelphia Phillies]] scout. Many training sessions involving the two followed, until Jenkins graduated from high school.