Lancaster Red Roses, Tri-State Baseball League champions. Players were Jack Deal, Tom O'Hara, Alex Boucher, Frank Kessaw, Eddie Lemon, Cy Barger, Reisling, Tom Dougherty, Bull Durham, Chick Hartley, Fred Croulios, Alteyer, Butch Rementer, Lucia.
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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.
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.
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.
Lancaster Red Rose Baseball team. First row: George Cal(?), Henry Franklin, Jack Ceplo (?), Joe Bernin (?), Red Fischer, Ray McLeod, John Jones, Don Hunter, Joe Tedesco, Clem Moro, Kent Pflasterer, Bernie Jones. Third row: Bob Loddeke, Doug Gostlin, Hal Grote, Dick Lovell, Jack Banta, Jim Bernin (?) (manager), Frank Spar (?) (general manager).
The 1958 Red Roses goof off for the camera. Batboys seated in front: left, Jim Johnson, right, Kenny Baker. First row, left to right: George Seifried, Ron Shoop, Larry Foster, Billy Springfield, Johnny Pesky, Dick Day, George McCue, Manny Diaz and Bubba Morton. Second row, left to right: Ralph DeFranco, George Eshleman, John Turk, Gordie Figaro, Bill Thurston, Ron Rozman, Ron Nischwitz, Vince Trakau, Al Benza, Bob Paffel, Guy Barry (WLAN DJ), Bud Holmes (Trainer) and Danny Templeton.
Robert "Peanut" Myers, bottom row, left, with the 1941 Lancaster Red Roses baseball team. Ed Stumpf is standing at left in the third row. Photo taken at Stumpf Field.