<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-March 1938 uBalink wathuthela e-United States, waba yisakhamuzi, futhi wasebenza njengombhali wephephandaba lansuku zonke laseNetherlands, i-de Volkskrant. Ukubalwa kwabantu ngo-1940 e-United States kubonisa ukuthi wayehlala eQueens, eNew York, nomkakhe, uLydia. Evela eNew Jersey futhi emncane ngeminyaka eyishumi nambili, uLydia wasebenza noBalink njengonobhala wakhe. Ngo-1948, washicilela ucwaningo lwezenhlalo nezomnotho lweCaribbean, Ipharadesi Lami Liyisihogo. Ngawo-1950 wasungula futhi wahlela umagazini, I-Knickerbocker, incwadi ebhekiswe kumaDashi aseMelika. Lo magazini waba nengxenye enkulu ekuvumeleni umdlali webhola le-baseball waseDashi, uHan Urbanus ukuba aqeqeshe neNew York Giants. U-Urbanus wasebenzisa lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho ukuze athuthukise i-baseball eNetherlands. Futhi ngawo-1950, uBalink wayengusihlalo wekomidi le-William the Silent Award for Journalism. Ekuqaleni kuka-1953 wakhonza njengomphathi weHolland Flood Relief Inc., eyasiza ekuxhumaniseni imizamo yokusiza ngesikhathi sezikhukhula  <response>: Isikhukhula soLwandle lwaseNyakatho ngo-1953. UBalink wayengumdlali wethenisi osebenzayo. 