Two Teams Lose Park League Fight

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Park Commissioner John Murphy met with the 14 managers of the Park Department baseball league last night and after a lengthy discussion it was decided that Pete Marquette and St. Lazarus, the teams whose application for membership brought the issue to a head, would be welcomed as entrants – but only in the newly formed Boston Twi League. This decision is based on mathematical reasoning. Read more

Park Dept. Launches New Twilight League Tomorrow Evening

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Tomorrow night the Park Department will launch another baseball league as part of its twilight leagues setup. Formed this year to take care of the large number of applicants for the Park League, the new Boston Twi League will include fast clubs of top league calibre. Read more

Mayor Curley Will Toss Out Ball As Park Nines Open Season Tomorrow

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Tomorrow evening opens the 1947 Boston Park League season with eight games taking place throughout the Hub. Mayor James M. Curley will throw out the first ball at the Veterans’ Administration-Linehan Club game at Cleveland Circle with Park Commissioner William P. Long. Read more

Park League In 20 To 6 Victory

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Park League whips New England All-Star Nine before record crowd of 19,808 — Williams hits long one.

Besides Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Rudy York and Paul Schrieber who took part in the home run hitting contest, there were four other Red Sox favorites on hand for the game. Read more

N. E. All-Stars Battle Park League Nine Tonight

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The greatest array of young New England baseball talent ever collected for a single contest will take the field tonight at Braves Field at 8:45 p. m. under the banners of the New England All-Stars. The youths were recruited from all the New England states, less Connecticut, in a month’s search by Braves scouts, Jeff Jones and Harold Goodnough. Read more

Park League Players Named To Oppose New England All-Stars At Braves Field For Infantile Fund

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Billy Benson of Linehan Club Will Manage Team — Four Hurlers Chosen for Night Game. Read more

Glynn Club Wins, 2-0, In Park League Tilt

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Art Carmen, who had sparked a triple play as center fielder for the Glynn Club on Tuesday, last night ascended the mound at American Legion Park and hurled his club to a 2-0 shutout over the Quality Bakers in a Boston Park League featured contest. Read more

Outfielder Starts Triple Killing For Park League Team

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Staging the second triple play in Park League history, the Glynn Club upset the Roslindale Royals at Eutis Park, last night, 3-2, yanking them into the win column in the final frame. Read more

Laforest, Dorchester, New Red Sox Third Baseman

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Byron (“Ty”) La Forest, who learned his baseball at Waltham High School and in the Boston Park League, is coming home. He’s slated to be the Red Sox new third-baseman–as soon as Ben Steiner, who was the Sox second-sacker for most of the season, gets to Louisville. Read more

War Breaks Up Baseball Team Of Dorgan Club

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11 Who Joined Marines Together Are Given a Farewell Party.

Sandlot baseball in Dorchester will not be the same next Summer, for the Codman Hill team has been broken up by the simultaneous enlistment of 11 of its members in the Marines to fight the Japanese. They held a final reunion last night at the Old Harbor House. Read more