Back in the mid-’20s, heyday of sandlot baseball, Will Jackman and Burlin White were excelling for the barnstorming “Philadelphia” Colored Giants (most of whom came from Boston’s South End). So was Jesse Brown, the Satchel Paige of Sandlots. Read more
Umpiring as therapy? Danny Roberts of Milton, a prominent Boston businessman who has worked 60 games, insists it’s so, at least as far as he’s concerned. He used to do 100 games, before he suffered a mild heart attack. Read more
Move over, Casey Stengel. You think you have trouble with your New York Mets exhibiting the fine art of losing baseball games. Well, tell the boys not to worry, for they have no monopoly on the practices. Leave that to the Dodgers of the Boston Park League. Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
