"The Glory of Their Times" by Lawrence Ritter

[JimStinson]

Many times when Crawford would sign plaques he would sign the front and the back.

I remember buying a collection once that belong to a guy named Fred Arnold , he had a letter made up that said "The Fred Arnold Sports Museum" or something like that and he used to write to players in the 1940's and 50's asking if it would be OK to send a baseball for them to sign.

He must have struck up a friendship with Crawford because I remember there being at least 50 government postcards written by Crawford to "Freddie" as he called him. One was particularly interesting in that he told "Freddie" about his being chosen for HOF induction.

The return address where he lived was from a town in California named "Pear Blossom" and made a point one year on a western vacation to drive through the town. Just to see it , Not much was there then and probably why Crawford liked living there as he mentioned in his letters to "Freddie" that he much preferred it there compared to the "Bustle" of LA.
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