Lancaster Indian Baseball club. Left to righ, top row, standing are: Bill Doremus, scond baseman; Jimmie Boubourekas; Shorty Rittenhouse, center field; Sam Myers, shortstop; Jap Doremus, first baseman; Red Mears, third baseman; Bill Conway, Bill Keeler, left field; Elvin Simmons, filed manager; Eddie Poole; Mule Watson, pitcher; Grunt Peiffer, catcher; and Monk Doremus, right field. Kneeling: Pat Hagen, bat boy; Joe Geraci, bench manager; Charlie Geraci, mascot; and Skeetz Shultz. Pictured in the July 28, 1923 Lancaster New Era newspaper.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Hauck Collection. Hauck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Hauck. The Haucks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
1949 Lancaster Red Rose Baseball team. First row: William Glane, Dick Trass, Bill Mosser, Christ Kitsos, Jimmy Massas, Bill Ripkin. Second row: Al Campanis, Frank O'Neill, George Freese, Bob "Red" Sweeney, Jack Elkins, Len Glica, Tom Astbury. Third row: Charles Landau, Chet Beres, Mike Quill, Eddie Yasinski, Don Collins, Arnie Wallis, Tom Floyd Jr., Tom Floyd Sr.
1947 Lancaster Red Rose Baseball team. Back row: Tom Floyd (trainer), Freddie Peeler, Bill James, Tom Astbury, Cloyd Sheedy, George Armstrong, Eddie Boehm, Gus Holborough, Charles Landau. Front row: Walt Novick, Leon Griffith, Mat Usciak, Lester McCrabb, Nelson Fox, Tom Kirk, Bill McCarthy, Joe Zack, Len. Kelly.
Eddie Connolly's famous Sea View Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ. Left to right: Jimmy Kelly, trainer and manager; Eddie Connolly, one of the best lightweights of the nineties who hled the Canadian crown; Simon McNulty, a fight manager; Bill Harris, a bare knuckle fighter; Bill Blunt, New York sportswriter and Doc McCormick, club medico.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Hauck Collection. Hauck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Hauck. The Haucks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Belmont baseball team. Front row, from left: Lew McFarland, Bob Hanna, Tom Edwards, Glenn Horst, Horace Hanna, Pat McFarland, Abe Kauffman. Back row, from left: Bill Harting, Had Kauffman, Bill Snyder, Hank Potts, Chet Platt, Ted McFarland, John Todd, Dave Potts. Missing from photo: Walt Kauffman. Customer: Fred McFarland.
1946 Lancaster Red Rose Baseball team. First row: Nat Usciak, Walt Novick, Joe Astroth, Jim Gilmore, Bob Bay ?, George Mitrus, Mike Kardash, Eddie ?. Back row: ? Cowdrick, Freddie Peeler, Angstadt, Joe Yuorkouich ?, Bill James, Bob Mohr, Fred Danck, Stan Stenoff.
Eighth Ward Kid Baseball League. The Alerts. Front row, left to right: Carl Forrey (infield), Earl Kuhns (infield), Adam Brinkman (outfield), Andy Pitts (pitcher), Abe Kuhns (outfield), Robert Hedricks (infield), Lin Rathvon (outfield). Back row, left to right: John Wise (assistant manager), John Kamm (infield), John Braungard (catcher), Earl Brinkman (catcher), John Dyer (outfield), Bot. Kahler (outfield), George Rathvon (manager), Charles Pitts (outfield). Not pictured: Straw (Bill) Fritsch (first base) and Joe Musketnuss (first base).
Stockyard baseball team at the old Stumpf Field. Dick Grabill, second row, second from right. Others on the team included Jim Geist, the Caldwell brothers, Norm Hoffman, Nelson Gibble, Bill Cushman, and Dick Bernhardt. Coach was Dick Seitz.
Left to right: Bill Marshall, Franklin and Marshall Athletic Director; Howard Cosell, ABC Sports; Bowie Kuhn, Commissioner of Baseball; and Bruce Holran, F & M Director of Public relations, pose on campus.
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
