Park League Rivals Laud Benson’s Savvy
There aren’t as many boys playing ball these days and there aren’t nearly as many people watching them play, but the caliber of baseball in the Boston Park League is just as good as it ever was.
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Take A Champ’s (Hartung) Word For It
Ping Pong Helps Sharpen Baseball Player’s Eye. If the Park League pitchers start “throwing them up like ping pong balls,” it won’t bother Boston Elks slugger Art Hartung one bit. Good reason–Hartung is also New England ping pong champion.
Scouts Boycott Mortimer: Park Loop Standout On Majors’ Blacklist
Boston’s best major league prospect has two strikes against him in realizing his lifetime ambition – to be a major leaguer. Only a handful knew why Walter Edward Mortimer Jr. isn’t in professional baseball where he belongs. The answer: He’s on baseball’s blacklist!
Hunter Hurls No-Hit Game In Park League
Paul Hunter arrived at the Dorchester Town Field last night prepared to catch for the McCormack Club. He ended up pitching a no-hit, no-run, eight-inning game, defeating Wallbank, 2 to 0.
Field Day Tomorrow At Fenway
More than 25,000 are expected to be at Fenway Park tomorrow night to witness an entertainment program and an unusual baseball game will be part of the annual Mayor’s Charity Field Day. Ed Sullivan, TV master of ceremonies, will head the celebrities from the entertainment field who will appear. Mayor Hines will present a citation […]
30th Park Loop Year Opens Tomorrow Night
With six of the eight teams seeing action, the Boston Park League will open its 30th season of twilight baseball tomorrow night on three fronts.
Park League Stirs Memories Of Twenties
Can Independent Ball Come Back? What’s going to happen to all our Little Leaguers, Pony Leagers, and Junior Leaguers when they reach their late teens or early twenties?
McCormack Wins Park League Crown, 6-3
Collier Beats St. Paul’s for Third Time. Left-hander Jim Collier scattered five hits to give the McCormack Club a 6-3 victory over St. Paul’s and the Park League baseball championship 4 games to I last night at Dorchester Town Field.
English High Star Signed by Cards
Walter E. Mortimer, 17, Boston English outfielder, signed with the Cardinals yesterday. A member of the Bryan Club of the Park League he was signed up by Joe Cuick yesterday after a tryout in Waltham. Mortimer’s Park League batting average is .428.
Chain Gang Team at Mayor’s Field Day
The Georgia Chain Gang baseball team will highlight the Mayor’s Charity Field Day tomorrow night at Fenway Park. Nationally acclaimed as the “Comedy Kings of the Diamond,” they will be making their third straight appearance in the charity show. The 1954 Boston Park League All-Stars will furnish the opposition for the Chain Gang.
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