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KOM Flash Report for start of summer 2018. ---1951 early season Miami pitchers
The KOM League
Flash Report
for
The Commencement of Summer
2018
Enclosed is another shot at a Flash Report. It is found on the Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/42901985462/
Since this report probably won’t rise above D minus, in the estimation of the readership, I’m in hopes the photo and the explanation of the guys in it will prevent it from receiving a failing grade.
Left to right are: Larry McComb, George Garrison, Kenneth Campbell, Roger Fulton, Tommy Warren and Kenneth Fentem. To the best of my knowledge only Garrison and Fulton are still living. McComb passed away in January of 1984, Garrison still lives in Joplin, MO, Campbell is the subject of the obituary in this edition, Fulton is in Lewiston, Idaho, Tommy Warren took his own life on January 2, 1968 in a Tulsa hotel and Fentem died in Ft. Myers, Florida in 2012
Those in the photo could form the basis of a very large book. I have used stories about most of these fellows in books, newsletters and Flash Reports. The only person with whom I never communicated was McComb. He wasn’t long for the KOM league and his history indicates he may have been born in Kansas but by 1956 was living in Joplin, MO. Of course, Joplin borders Galena, Kansas so McComb may have been from that part of the Wheat State.
George Garrison was a Joplin native and all-around athlete for the Joplin High School Eagles. He played amateur baseball for the Alba Aces, along with many of the Boyer brothers until he was signed to a St. Louis Cardinal contract by Clifton A. “Runt” Marr. In 1949 he was on the Albany, Georgia roster and he and another lefty were battling for the final pitching position. The other guy won. His name was Wilmer David “Vinegar Bend” Mizell. www.google.com/search?q=vinegar+bend+mizell&oq=Vinega...
Garrison headed back home and was convinced by Barney Barnett to join the Baxter Springs Whiz Kids. About the time Garrison got back to Joplin, Tom Greenwade signed Mickey Mantle to a Yankee contract and the Whiz Kids needed another player. So, in essence, Garrison replaced Mantle on the Whiz Kid team.
Roger Fulton is a guy with whom contact was made in the early days of my writing efforts and his memories of his days with the Miami club weren’t pleasant and I didn’t pursue the matter.
Of course, Tommy Warren is a legend for what he did before, during and after his baseball career. He played at the major leage level after returning from his stint in WW II and he made the news as a player, deputy sheriff, used car dealer and convicted felon. Much of the life of Warren has been written in my publications and I will stop here. However, he was one of the most memorable people I ever met in my life and that opinion was formed when I was 10-years old.
Ken Fentem was a native of Chicago and really liked Miami where he stayed for a whilc after he was no longer a member of the team. He even tried his hand at professional wrestling before moving to Florida. He was a barber, for many years.
Note:
As with most ball clubs, uniforms were at a premium. In the photo, McComb is wearing the Miami/Topeka Owl jersey that was worn during the 1947-48-49 seasons. Garrison, Campbell, Fulton and Warren were adorned in the road gray 1950-51 uniform and Fentem was wearing the home Eagle uniform the team wore in 1950-51-52.
Double Note:
I was going to provide some links to Tommy Warren but those I found online were skimpy at best. Don’t take my word for it but one source listed Warren as a left-hander when throwing a baseball. I refer you to the photo in this report for you to make your own determination on that matter.
____________________________________________________________________________
The passing of Kenneth Campbell—1951 Miami, Oklahoma Eagles
www.legacy.com/obituaries/theoaklandpress/obituary.aspx?n...
Campbell, Kenneth J. 90, of Rochester Hills, passed away Sunday April 15, 2018. Ken is survived by his wife Geneva; son Scott Campbell; nephews Gary Whitlock and Len Waggoner; niece Linda Hedberg. He was predeceased by his parents Thomas and Violette Campbell; brother Chet Campbell; and sister Etta Waggoner. Ken was born the son of Thomas and Violette (Lewis) Campbell in Pontiac, Michigan on October 26, 1927. He graduated from Lake Orion High School in 1945. He served in the US Army during WWII and married Geneva Whitlock on February 11, 1950 in the Village of Orchard Lake, Michigan. Ken and Geneva raised their family in Rochester. Ken was a machinist for National Twist Drill and Tool Company for many years. He loved all sports including bowling, golf, swimming as well as playing pool. Ken's family will receive all for a visitation Thursday April 19, 2018 from 10 a.m. until the time of service at 12 p.m. at Pixley Funeral Home located at 322 W. University Drive in downtown Rochester Michigan. Interment will take place at Van Hoosen Jones Stony Creek Cemetery. Share memories online at www.pixleyfuneral.com
Published in The Oakland Press on Apr. 18, 2018
Ed comment:
On June 21, 2018, while cooking lunch, I had a call from Geneva Campbell telling me she was reading my book, “Majoring in The Minors,” for the second time. She had some questions regarding the way the ballplayers lived and related that she had discussed them with her late husband, Kenneth.
Since Geneva has called and written, many times over the past decade, or so, I was shocked. Upon her finishing the sentence she was uttering I asked incredulously, “Late husband?” She replied that he had been dead about a year and thought I had been advised of that fact. I told her it was news to me. She offered to send an obituary, which I accepted, but I didn’t wait five minutes after getting off the telephone to look it up to find he passed away very recently, which the readers saw for themselves if they read the opening obituary in this report.
Kenneth Campbell was one of the pitchers for the 1951 Miami Eagles and thus I saw him a few times that year as the Carthage batboy. I didn’t remember him as a member of that team for player/manager Tommy Warren along with Gaspar del Toro and Pedro Serpa were the guys who had their special ways of getting and holding my attention.
George Garrison is standing next to Campbell in a group photo that I included in my second book, “The KOM League Remembered” on page 112. That is the often referenced but seldom purchased book I authored 14 years ago and Arcadia Publishing still have them in stock. They won’t run out. Sorry for the cheap plug. Garrison got mentioned since he is the only one in that “cast of characters” who is on the distribution list for these reports. George, send me a note if you see this and remember Campbell.
Campbell played a few more years of minor league baseball but his main claim to fame that he played baseball on a military service team with the legendary football star, Doak Walker. I might have had a tough time believing that story but Geneva shared a photo of it a number of years ago.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Looking back
Last week’s Flash Report was viewed by a few folks on the Flickr site but very few comments were received with regard to that edition. Either most of the information was not interesting or was missing the usual amount of errors. A sure way to get e-mail traffic is to spell a name incorrectly or make erroneous statements.
One of my faithful readers was sure the reference to James Leroy Mehan playing alongside six former or future big leaguers, while with the Mexico City Tigers, in 1956, couldn’t be correct. He could find five of those guys but the sixth he most likely felt was the product of my vivid imagination or senility. The one fellow he missed was the late Dan Bankhead who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. That led to many e-mails back and forth and I learned a lot of things about both Dan and his brother Sam. I’m not going any further into that subject in this report although it would be interesting.
Due to a dearth of input, from the readership with regard to last week’s report, some time was spent researching the names of the fellows who first showed up at spring training with the 1948 Miami, Okla. Owls. I received a challenge to see if I could track those fellows and for the most part, I did.
As with any newspaper article care must be taken to verify names of people and places. Writers and editors back then, like now, sometimes got it wrong. (Oh, how I know that feeling.) So, if you compare the names and places in last week’s report with this one you will find such things as: Egg Harbor is in New Jersey not New York, Thomas spelled his name Quinlan not Quinnlan, Fred was Ryckert not Rykert and so forth.
Some of the URL’s are available only if you are a subscriber to Ancestry.com
In some obituaries located, the deceased had made claims of playing professional baseball. Some did but others only had spring training of 1948 upon which to make that claim. So, take the statements you find with a bit of skepticism if you are in the business of documenting actual roster members who played in a professional game. The first fellow on this list did play for Topeka, Kansas in the Western Association
•
Robert Richard Scheer Sr.
Military: US Army 8/9/1943—3/3/1946
Position: Pitched for the Topeka Owls in 1948 and 1950 Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.
Born: 5/4/1925 Old Bridge, New Jersey
Death: 1/5/1974 Buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery-- East Millstone, New Jersey
www.findagrave.com/memorial/62000766
•
Edward Joseph Brennan
Military: Served in US Navy WW II
Position: Outfielder for 1948 Miami Owls
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Born: 8/2/1928 Smithton Township Suffolk County, NY
Died 12/3/2008 Madison, North Carolina
www.findagrave.com/memorial/32225637
•
Robert Richard Vogel
Born: 7/3/1928 South Amboy, New Jersey
Died: 4/15/1998 South Amboy, New Jersey (inferred)
Position: Pitcher for 1948 Miami Owls
Military: US Army 1/16/1951-- 11/1/1952
search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=Numident&h=340...
•
Lawrence J. Pugliese
Born: 1929 Greenwich, Conn. (Lived in Chickahominy section of the city)
Died: 9/12/2015
Position: Pitcher
Military: Served in US Marine Corps during Korean War
His obituary states he played professionally but Miami during spring training is all I located.
www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenwichtime/obituary.aspx?n=l...
•
Francis Wilson
Lynn, Mass.
No information found
•
John F. Doyle
Born: March 18, 1925 Salem, Mass.
Died: 6/13/1993 Malden, Mass.
search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238...
•
Glenn Ernest Oxandale
Born: 9/30/1927 Netawaka, Kans.
Still living in Wetmore, Kansas
When drafted into WW II was 5’9” and 160 pounds
•
Dean Henry Christman
Born: 1/30/1927 Scottsville, Kansas
Lived in Jamestown, Kans. and attended Kansas State Univ. as a geology major
Military; Registered for the draft in 1945 and was 6’ 3” and weighed 185.
Whereabouts or fate is unknown
search.ancestry.com/collections/2238/records/25056039/pri...
•
Alexander Grieves Jr.
Born 7/25/1926 Burlingame, Kansas
Military: Entered Army in 1944 at that time he was 6’ and weighed 150. I know Alex, he grew a lot since then.
Current status: Resides in the Presbyterian Manor in Topeka.
Great quote regarding Alex: Iola asked him to join them in 1950. He refused saying he wanted to play semi-pro baseball. A fan in that town replied “What does he think the Iola team is?”
Alex and his wife were avid square dancers.
•
Robert Benjamin Moore
Born: 2/14/1926 Ottawa, Kansas
Died: 4/29/1995 Ottawa, Kansas
Played for Chanute A’s in 1947
For those with Ancestry.com Moore is shown in the 1942 Ottawa High School Yearbook as a member of the “B” team basketball team. com/interactive/1265/43134_b184263-
www.ancestry.com/interactive/1265/43134_b184263-00052?pid...
•
Fred Charles Ryckert
Born 12/22/1922 in Merriam, Kansas (Some sites show year of birth as 1921)
Status: Last known residence was in the Denver area.
Military: Registered for the draft 2/16/1942 and at the time was 5’ 10” and weighed 164.
•
Rudolph M. Neumann
Born: 7/29/1927 Hoboken, NJ
Died: 8/5/2008 New Brunswick, NU
Pitched for the 1948 Miami, Okla. Owls
•
Dennis Joseph Heins
Born: 11/7/1928 New York, NY
When trying out for the Miami club lived in New Haven, Conn.
Currently resides in Sebastian, Florida
•
Anthony Santo Mormino
Born: 11/2/1925 St. Louis, MO
Died: 1/26/2011 St. Charles, MO
Military: Joined US Coast Guard 4/20/1946
www.findagrave.com/memorial/81375177
•
Vernon Stout
Reported as being from St. Louis, Mo. No evidence of anyone from there in that time frame.
•
George Gibson
Brooklyn, NY—Too many people by that name to determine much of anything
•
Manric Bauer
Pawnee Rock, Kansas. No trace of anyone by that name in Pawnee Rock or anyplace else. Must have been a truncated name or one that was misspelled.
•
Everett “Wimp”Moore-
Born: 12/20/1928 Morrowville, Kansas
Died: 8/29/2009 Concordia, Kansas
www.findagrave.com/memorial/107404148
•
James Moore-Ottawa, Kansas
Born: November 15, 1921, in Ottawa, Kansas
Died: March 17, 1986 Ottawa Kansas
www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/58989646/person/...
•
Robert Benton Newcomer
Born: February 4, 1923 Lenexa, Kansas
Lived in Overland Park, Kansas, in 1971. Not sure of current whereabouts or fate
www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/77708813/person/...
Russell George Burkemper
Born: 11/8/1922 St. Louis, MO
Death11/25/1978 St. Louis, Mo
BURIAL: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery- St. Louis
www.findagrave.com/memorial/81296279
•
Benjamin DiPietro
New York City—No trace
Harold Lee
Lenior City, Tenn. No trace
•
Walter Bartolo Mantia
Born 9/30/1923 • St Louis Missouri
Died 4/19/2006 Palm Coast, Flagler, Florida
Military induction he was 5’ 4” and weighed 140
www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/61239780/person/...
•
Thomas J. Quinnlan
Born: 10/8/1924 Perry, Kansas
Died 10/18/1973
www.findagrave.com/memorial/24909985
•
Byron C. Perrigo
Born 8/11/1925 Denison, Kansas
Died: 5/23/2006 Hiawatha, Kansas
He worked as an over the road trucker.
www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/22197581/person/...
•
Willard R. Grunow
Born: June of 1926 Egg Harbor City, NJ
Signed for the draft on 10/26/1944 in Camden, New Jersey
Living in Egg Harbor. Vegetable farmed with his brother until 2009
____________________________________________________________________________
That should do it for now. Send me a note if you have questions or suggestions. I may not have the correct answers to your questions but will invent something, just to be cordial.
KOM Flash Report for start of summer 2018. ---1951 early season Miami pitchers
The KOM League
Flash Report
for
The Commencement of Summer
2018
Enclosed is another shot at a Flash Report. It is found on the Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/42901985462/
Since this report probably won’t rise above D minus, in the estimation of the readership, I’m in hopes the photo and the explanation of the guys in it will prevent it from receiving a failing grade.
Left to right are: Larry McComb, George Garrison, Kenneth Campbell, Roger Fulton, Tommy Warren and Kenneth Fentem. To the best of my knowledge only Garrison and Fulton are still living. McComb passed away in January of 1984, Garrison still lives in Joplin, MO, Campbell is the subject of the obituary in this edition, Fulton is in Lewiston, Idaho, Tommy Warren took his own life on January 2, 1968 in a Tulsa hotel and Fentem died in Ft. Myers, Florida in 2012
Those in the photo could form the basis of a very large book. I have used stories about most of these fellows in books, newsletters and Flash Reports. The only person with whom I never communicated was McComb. He wasn’t long for the KOM league and his history indicates he may have been born in Kansas but by 1956 was living in Joplin, MO. Of course, Joplin borders Galena, Kansas so McComb may have been from that part of the Wheat State.
George Garrison was a Joplin native and all-around athlete for the Joplin High School Eagles. He played amateur baseball for the Alba Aces, along with many of the Boyer brothers until he was signed to a St. Louis Cardinal contract by Clifton A. “Runt” Marr. In 1949 he was on the Albany, Georgia roster and he and another lefty were battling for the final pitching position. The other guy won. His name was Wilmer David “Vinegar Bend” Mizell. www.google.com/search?q=vinegar+bend+mizell&oq=Vinega...
Garrison headed back home and was convinced by Barney Barnett to join the Baxter Springs Whiz Kids. About the time Garrison got back to Joplin, Tom Greenwade signed Mickey Mantle to a Yankee contract and the Whiz Kids needed another player. So, in essence, Garrison replaced Mantle on the Whiz Kid team.
Roger Fulton is a guy with whom contact was made in the early days of my writing efforts and his memories of his days with the Miami club weren’t pleasant and I didn’t pursue the matter.
Of course, Tommy Warren is a legend for what he did before, during and after his baseball career. He played at the major leage level after returning from his stint in WW II and he made the news as a player, deputy sheriff, used car dealer and convicted felon. Much of the life of Warren has been written in my publications and I will stop here. However, he was one of the most memorable people I ever met in my life and that opinion was formed when I was 10-years old.
Ken Fentem was a native of Chicago and really liked Miami where he stayed for a whilc after he was no longer a member of the team. He even tried his hand at professional wrestling before moving to Florida. He was a barber, for many years.
Note:
As with most ball clubs, uniforms were at a premium. In the photo, McComb is wearing the Miami/Topeka Owl jersey that was worn during the 1947-48-49 seasons. Garrison, Campbell, Fulton and Warren were adorned in the road gray 1950-51 uniform and Fentem was wearing the home Eagle uniform the team wore in 1950-51-52.
Double Note:
I was going to provide some links to Tommy Warren but those I found online were skimpy at best. Don’t take my word for it but one source listed Warren as a left-hander when throwing a baseball. I refer you to the photo in this report for you to make your own determination on that matter.
____________________________________________________________________________
The passing of Kenneth Campbell—1951 Miami, Oklahoma Eagles
www.legacy.com/obituaries/theoaklandpress/obituary.aspx?n...
Campbell, Kenneth J. 90, of Rochester Hills, passed away Sunday April 15, 2018. Ken is survived by his wife Geneva; son Scott Campbell; nephews Gary Whitlock and Len Waggoner; niece Linda Hedberg. He was predeceased by his parents Thomas and Violette Campbell; brother Chet Campbell; and sister Etta Waggoner. Ken was born the son of Thomas and Violette (Lewis) Campbell in Pontiac, Michigan on October 26, 1927. He graduated from Lake Orion High School in 1945. He served in the US Army during WWII and married Geneva Whitlock on February 11, 1950 in the Village of Orchard Lake, Michigan. Ken and Geneva raised their family in Rochester. Ken was a machinist for National Twist Drill and Tool Company for many years. He loved all sports including bowling, golf, swimming as well as playing pool. Ken's family will receive all for a visitation Thursday April 19, 2018 from 10 a.m. until the time of service at 12 p.m. at Pixley Funeral Home located at 322 W. University Drive in downtown Rochester Michigan. Interment will take place at Van Hoosen Jones Stony Creek Cemetery. Share memories online at www.pixleyfuneral.com
Published in The Oakland Press on Apr. 18, 2018
Ed comment:
On June 21, 2018, while cooking lunch, I had a call from Geneva Campbell telling me she was reading my book, “Majoring in The Minors,” for the second time. She had some questions regarding the way the ballplayers lived and related that she had discussed them with her late husband, Kenneth.
Since Geneva has called and written, many times over the past decade, or so, I was shocked. Upon her finishing the sentence she was uttering I asked incredulously, “Late husband?” She replied that he had been dead about a year and thought I had been advised of that fact. I told her it was news to me. She offered to send an obituary, which I accepted, but I didn’t wait five minutes after getting off the telephone to look it up to find he passed away very recently, which the readers saw for themselves if they read the opening obituary in this report.
Kenneth Campbell was one of the pitchers for the 1951 Miami Eagles and thus I saw him a few times that year as the Carthage batboy. I didn’t remember him as a member of that team for player/manager Tommy Warren along with Gaspar del Toro and Pedro Serpa were the guys who had their special ways of getting and holding my attention.
George Garrison is standing next to Campbell in a group photo that I included in my second book, “The KOM League Remembered” on page 112. That is the often referenced but seldom purchased book I authored 14 years ago and Arcadia Publishing still have them in stock. They won’t run out. Sorry for the cheap plug. Garrison got mentioned since he is the only one in that “cast of characters” who is on the distribution list for these reports. George, send me a note if you see this and remember Campbell.
Campbell played a few more years of minor league baseball but his main claim to fame that he played baseball on a military service team with the legendary football star, Doak Walker. I might have had a tough time believing that story but Geneva shared a photo of it a number of years ago.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Looking back
Last week’s Flash Report was viewed by a few folks on the Flickr site but very few comments were received with regard to that edition. Either most of the information was not interesting or was missing the usual amount of errors. A sure way to get e-mail traffic is to spell a name incorrectly or make erroneous statements.
One of my faithful readers was sure the reference to James Leroy Mehan playing alongside six former or future big leaguers, while with the Mexico City Tigers, in 1956, couldn’t be correct. He could find five of those guys but the sixth he most likely felt was the product of my vivid imagination or senility. The one fellow he missed was the late Dan Bankhead who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. That led to many e-mails back and forth and I learned a lot of things about both Dan and his brother Sam. I’m not going any further into that subject in this report although it would be interesting.
Due to a dearth of input, from the readership with regard to last week’s report, some time was spent researching the names of the fellows who first showed up at spring training with the 1948 Miami, Okla. Owls. I received a challenge to see if I could track those fellows and for the most part, I did.
As with any newspaper article care must be taken to verify names of people and places. Writers and editors back then, like now, sometimes got it wrong. (Oh, how I know that feeling.) So, if you compare the names and places in last week’s report with this one you will find such things as: Egg Harbor is in New Jersey not New York, Thomas spelled his name Quinlan not Quinnlan, Fred was Ryckert not Rykert and so forth.
Some of the URL’s are available only if you are a subscriber to Ancestry.com
In some obituaries located, the deceased had made claims of playing professional baseball. Some did but others only had spring training of 1948 upon which to make that claim. So, take the statements you find with a bit of skepticism if you are in the business of documenting actual roster members who played in a professional game. The first fellow on this list did play for Topeka, Kansas in the Western Association
•
Robert Richard Scheer Sr.
Military: US Army 8/9/1943—3/3/1946
Position: Pitched for the Topeka Owls in 1948 and 1950 Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.
Born: 5/4/1925 Old Bridge, New Jersey
Death: 1/5/1974 Buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery-- East Millstone, New Jersey
www.findagrave.com/memorial/62000766
•
Edward Joseph Brennan
Military: Served in US Navy WW II
Position: Outfielder for 1948 Miami Owls
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Born: 8/2/1928 Smithton Township Suffolk County, NY
Died 12/3/2008 Madison, North Carolina
www.findagrave.com/memorial/32225637
•
Robert Richard Vogel
Born: 7/3/1928 South Amboy, New Jersey
Died: 4/15/1998 South Amboy, New Jersey (inferred)
Position: Pitcher for 1948 Miami Owls
Military: US Army 1/16/1951-- 11/1/1952
search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=Numident&h=340...
•
Lawrence J. Pugliese
Born: 1929 Greenwich, Conn. (Lived in Chickahominy section of the city)
Died: 9/12/2015
Position: Pitcher
Military: Served in US Marine Corps during Korean War
His obituary states he played professionally but Miami during spring training is all I located.
www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenwichtime/obituary.aspx?n=l...
•
Francis Wilson
Lynn, Mass.
No information found
•
John F. Doyle
Born: March 18, 1925 Salem, Mass.
Died: 6/13/1993 Malden, Mass.
search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238...
•
Glenn Ernest Oxandale
Born: 9/30/1927 Netawaka, Kans.
Still living in Wetmore, Kansas
When drafted into WW II was 5’9” and 160 pounds
•
Dean Henry Christman
Born: 1/30/1927 Scottsville, Kansas
Lived in Jamestown, Kans. and attended Kansas State Univ. as a geology major
Military; Registered for the draft in 1945 and was 6’ 3” and weighed 185.
Whereabouts or fate is unknown
search.ancestry.com/collections/2238/records/25056039/pri...
•
Alexander Grieves Jr.
Born 7/25/1926 Burlingame, Kansas
Military: Entered Army in 1944 at that time he was 6’ and weighed 150. I know Alex, he grew a lot since then.
Current status: Resides in the Presbyterian Manor in Topeka.
Great quote regarding Alex: Iola asked him to join them in 1950. He refused saying he wanted to play semi-pro baseball. A fan in that town replied “What does he think the Iola team is?”
Alex and his wife were avid square dancers.
•
Robert Benjamin Moore
Born: 2/14/1926 Ottawa, Kansas
Died: 4/29/1995 Ottawa, Kansas
Played for Chanute A’s in 1947
For those with Ancestry.com Moore is shown in the 1942 Ottawa High School Yearbook as a member of the “B” team basketball team. com/interactive/1265/43134_b184263-
www.ancestry.com/interactive/1265/43134_b184263-00052?pid...
•
Fred Charles Ryckert
Born 12/22/1922 in Merriam, Kansas (Some sites show year of birth as 1921)
Status: Last known residence was in the Denver area.
Military: Registered for the draft 2/16/1942 and at the time was 5’ 10” and weighed 164.
•
Rudolph M. Neumann
Born: 7/29/1927 Hoboken, NJ
Died: 8/5/2008 New Brunswick, NU
Pitched for the 1948 Miami, Okla. Owls
•
Dennis Joseph Heins
Born: 11/7/1928 New York, NY
When trying out for the Miami club lived in New Haven, Conn.
Currently resides in Sebastian, Florida
•
Anthony Santo Mormino
Born: 11/2/1925 St. Louis, MO
Died: 1/26/2011 St. Charles, MO
Military: Joined US Coast Guard 4/20/1946
www.findagrave.com/memorial/81375177
•
Vernon Stout
Reported as being from St. Louis, Mo. No evidence of anyone from there in that time frame.
•
George Gibson
Brooklyn, NY—Too many people by that name to determine much of anything
•
Manric Bauer
Pawnee Rock, Kansas. No trace of anyone by that name in Pawnee Rock or anyplace else. Must have been a truncated name or one that was misspelled.
•
Everett “Wimp”Moore-
Born: 12/20/1928 Morrowville, Kansas
Died: 8/29/2009 Concordia, Kansas
www.findagrave.com/memorial/107404148
•
James Moore-Ottawa, Kansas
Born: November 15, 1921, in Ottawa, Kansas
Died: March 17, 1986 Ottawa Kansas
www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/58989646/person/...
•
Robert Benton Newcomer
Born: February 4, 1923 Lenexa, Kansas
Lived in Overland Park, Kansas, in 1971. Not sure of current whereabouts or fate
www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/77708813/person/...
Russell George Burkemper
Born: 11/8/1922 St. Louis, MO
Death11/25/1978 St. Louis, Mo
BURIAL: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery- St. Louis
www.findagrave.com/memorial/81296279
•
Benjamin DiPietro
New York City—No trace
Harold Lee
Lenior City, Tenn. No trace
•
Walter Bartolo Mantia
Born 9/30/1923 • St Louis Missouri
Died 4/19/2006 Palm Coast, Flagler, Florida
Military induction he was 5’ 4” and weighed 140
www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/61239780/person/...
•
Thomas J. Quinnlan
Born: 10/8/1924 Perry, Kansas
Died 10/18/1973
www.findagrave.com/memorial/24909985
•
Byron C. Perrigo
Born 8/11/1925 Denison, Kansas
Died: 5/23/2006 Hiawatha, Kansas
He worked as an over the road trucker.
www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/22197581/person/...
•
Willard R. Grunow
Born: June of 1926 Egg Harbor City, NJ
Signed for the draft on 10/26/1944 in Camden, New Jersey
Living in Egg Harbor. Vegetable farmed with his brother until 2009
____________________________________________________________________________
That should do it for now. Send me a note if you have questions or suggestions. I may not have the correct answers to your questions but will invent something, just to be cordial.