<prompt> Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna March 1938 Balink akatamira kuUnited States, akava mugari wemo, uye akashanda somunyori wepepanhau rezuva nezuva reDutch, de Volkskrant. Kuverengwa kwevanhu kweUnited States muna 1940 kunoratidza kuti aigara muQueens, New York, nomudzimai wake, Lydia. Aibva kuNew Jersey uye aiva muduku kwaari nemakore gumi nemaviri, Lydia aishanda naBalink somunyori wake. Muna 1948, akabudisa chidzidzo chezvemagariro evanhu nehupfumi cheCaribbean, Paradhiso Yangu Ihero. Mumakore ekuma1950 akatanga uye akagadzirisa magazini, The Knickerbocker, chinyorwa chakanangana nemaDutch maAmerican. Magazini yacho yakabatsira zvikuru kubvumira mutambi webaseball wokuNetherlands, Han Urbanus kudzidzira neNew York Giants. Urbanus akashandisa ruzivo urwu kuti awedzere kukura baseball muNetherlands. Uyewo muma1950, Balink akatungamira komiti yeWilliam the Silent Award for Journalism. Mukutanga kwa1953 akashanda semutungamiriri weHolland Flood Relief Inc., iyo yakabatsira kuronga mabasa ekuyamura panguva yemafashama eNorth Sea muna 1953  <response>: . Balink akanga ari mutambi wenhabvu anotamba tennis. 