Let’s see some collections of your local ball players from the town you live in

[Ludington1]

My son and I are collecting Indianapolis pre-war baseball stuff. We have the five T206 cards and here’s our current N172 Old Judge cards.

[Jason Carota]

Dick Conway and Marty Sullivan are from my hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts:

[DHogan]

I've lived in Worcester Mass. most of my life. I've known about the baseball team call the Worcester for the longest time. I found out there are four cards from the from the team as part of the Old Judge N172 set. One that I could afford popped up on Net54 a few weeks ago thanks to Webster.

The Worcester's only played for a few years in the early 1880's. They had the first perfect game. And we the first professional team to play in Cuba. Their ball field was at the Worcester Agricultural Fair Grounds. Which is long gone. There are 3 decker houses built on it. Three decker houses are all wood apartments built one of top of the others. And are unique to New England

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by DHogan

I've lived in Worcester Mass. most of my life. I've known about the baseball team call the Worcester for the longest time. I found out there are four cards from the from the team as part of the Old Judge N172 set. One that I could afford popped up on Net54 a few weeks ago thanks to Webster.

The Worcester's only played for a few years in the early 1880's. They had the first perfect game. And we the first professional team to play in Cuba. Their ball field was at the Worcester Agricultural Fair Grounds. Which is long gone. There are 3 decker houses built on it. Three decker houses are all wood apartments built one of top of the others. And are unique to New England

Your photo looked so small, I just had to do it justice by making it bigger.

[DHogan]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Your photo looked so small, I just had to do it justice by making it bigger.

Jim,

I appreciate the help with the scan.

Dave

[kkkkandp]

The biggest local hero in the Long Beach Island (NJ) surrounding area is Roger Cramer, who was born on the island in Beach Haven. Over his 20-year career he played center field for four different teams; made 5 All-Star teams; amassed 2,705 hits and a lifetime batting average of .296; was on a World Series-winning team (for which he batted at a .379 clip); and earned the nickname "Flit" (an old-time bug killing spray) for his ability to turn flies into outs.

He lived his life out (and is buried) in Stafford Township (NJ) on the adjacent mainland and has several landmarks named after him.

[Spike]

I keep track of guys born or buried here in Cambridge. The Boston popularity of versatile, multi-sport Harvard star William Clarence Matthews (1905) started rumors a pro team would sign him to break MLB's color line, something that instead took another 40 years. It's known that Matthews _did_ play for some independent league baseball teams in New England, a modest color line break, if less remembered today. He's buried in Cambridge Cemetery, not far from HOFers Tim Keefe, John Clarkson, and other former players from the Clarkson family. I drafted this marker in Cambridge's city style that is wending its way through the municipal consideration process. (No known prewar cards of Matthews exist; his modern cards are based on that same "standing with glove" photo.)

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by DHogan

I've lived in Worcester Mass. most of my life. I've known about the baseball team call the Worcester for the longest time. I found out there are four cards from the from the team as part of the Old Judge N172 set. One that I could afford popped up on Net54 a few weeks ago thanks to Webster.

The Worcester's only played for a few years in the early 1880's. They had the first perfect game. And we the first professional team to play in Cuba. Their ball field was at the Worcester Agricultural Fair Grounds. Which is long gone. There are 3 decker houses built on it. Three decker houses are all wood apartments built one of top of the others. And are unique to New England

At least a few ballplayers came from Worcester. My former boss, an attorney, was named after Jack Barry. When I worked in Worcester at the courthouse one of the women I knew was the mother of Tanyon Sturtze.