A History Update From Sid.
Good day Scott;
Feel free to post my comments regarding the "20's Ball Team" I expect people would care to have reasonably accurate information regarding Beach history. I am sure you are aware that Fred Briggs is the person to talk to regarding history, he has made a study of it.
I never gave it much thought but I guess what people refer to as "History" I just think of as my youth. I have come to realize that during the 40's and early 50's there were on the order of 37 members of my maternal family (Henderson) living on the Beach, grandparents, parents, siblings, aunts, uncles and cousins so maybe we are part of the history. Unfortunately my sister, currently the oldest living member of the Henderson clan, is the holder of almost all of the family and Beach activity photographs. I say unfortunately because she resides in B.C. and is loathe to entrust them to Canada Post. I will see what if any further I have kicking around but don't hold much hope.
Hopefully, attached, you will find a picture of the Beaches juvenile ball team that won an Ontario Championship in 1953, not sure if it was all Ontario or just Southern Ontario. Didn't matter. we and the Beach people were proud of the achievement!
Standing, from the left - Pete May (injury reserve) Len Woods, Hank Cotlar, George Reid (manager), Jim Henderson (coach and another Henderson family) Gord Melmer, Eddie Savage
Kneeling from the left - Sid James, Ralph Woods, Jim Pemberton, 'Red' Hannah (bat boy), Dick Shields (pitcher), Bobby Hannah (pitcher) Gord Sherriot, Doug Reid and Frank Nichols.
I identify the pitching staff because you will note that they are dressed in black, while the rest of us are in white/grey. This was to conform with rules of the day that pitchers were not allowed to wear any white to preclude the ball not being in contrast to their dress. Should you elect to post this picture please add my apologies to those in the picture if I have spelled their names wrong, after all it has been 51 years!!
Sid
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Thanks to Sid for the update, hopefully he can come up with a few more golden oldies.
Also, I guess we will have to put member Fred Briggs in charge of the history section. :tbu:
Scotto