It’s Cusick’s 33d Season Solving Park League Crises

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The Park Department baseball league opens its 33d season Monday night, and for the 33d time a mobile baseball encyclopedia entitled Bob Cusick will be in on the operation. Read more

McDonald, Big Hitter In Minors, Finds Size Road Block To Majors

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Young semi-pro players who think they’re destined for the big leagues might study the case of Tom McDonald–then reappraise their chances. Read more

Passanesi’s Saints Come Marching In

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Chips’ Grid Boss Shakes Up Park Baseball Loop.

Charlestown and the Chippewas are long-time Park League football rivals. Gr-rrr. Wait till next year! Chippewas’ “angel,” Frank Passanesi, has half of the 1961 championship Charlestown team playing for his new Park League ball club. Read more

Park Loop Opens Monday

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The oldest twilight baseball league in the country will open its 32d season Monday night when the Boston Park League lifts the lid on its 12-week campaign on four fronts. Read more

Men From All Walks To Honor Park League’s Crosby

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Veteran coaches always are talking about the famous ball players they’ve had, but the Park League’s Hal Crosby likes to brag about those who have made good in other fields. Read more

‘Mr. Gimmick’ Of Park League ‘Pitching’ In Luck For White Club

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The hardest-working baseball “general manager” in the Boston Park League, Gerry McCarthy, sometimes doesn’t have to lift a finger to improve his team’s position. Read more

Garibaldi Can Walk, So He Can Take Turn

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Pitcher gives soft shoe treatment.

Dick Garibaldi underwent surgery for removal of a growth on the bottom of his foot. Doctors told him he would play no more baseball this season. Mrs. Albert Garibaldi was not so sure:

“If Dick can walk, he’ll pitch.” Read more

Park Leaguers In Jimmy Fund Tilt

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A baseball game between the Charlestown Hawks, the Boston Park League champions, and the Park League All-Stars will headline Boston Park League Day at Fenway Park for the benefit of the Jimmy Fund. Read more

Buccigross Becoming Symbol For Success In Park League

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There will always be a Buccigross in the Boston Park League. For years, Ed Buccigross was one of the top football players in the league. Now comes his younger brother Jim to make a mark in baseball. Jim is the leading hitter in the Park League with an amazing .615 average. He bats clean-up for the Dorchester Royals. Read more

Their Ace In Hole – Half Of All The Yogis

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There are only two Yogis in the United States, and we’ve got one of them.” That would be Edward (Yogi) Morad, St. Paul’s first base coach, second-string catcher, assistant manager, and general handy man, in the Boston Park League. Read more