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And because we're gluttons for punishment, after hiking Reinebringen we decided to hike to Horseid Beach to like mellow out on no sleep...Yes, we're a bit nuts, I'll admit it.
Serious televisual fooderatti: Laura Calder and Bob Blumer at the Victoria Gin cocktail tasting and tapas fest at Cava, June 28, 2010.
Jornada sobre variedades de manzanas organizada por el Caserío Museo Igartubeiti y The Glutton Club en el Museo San Telmo
Ok, so I've figured out I took this apart the wrong way round. The ideal method is to start from the front element backwards, allowing you to un-hook the timmer and tensioner spring, now the timer works at least.
Upon opening this side I could see the spring hanging around and the last brass screw made sense (when it goes through the body from the other side it becomes a mounting point for 2 springs). There were some screws in the mchanism that had become a fraction loose, allowing undue play in the gears/arms, these are now tight.
I've one final problem to over come, that being when I cock the shutter, it opens and closes the shutter blades (thus exposing the film!), there must be something out of sync so ANOTHER strip down is probably required.
Fried hokkien mee (Fried prawn noodles)~
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... first time doing session with lights in a different environment than a studio, hope you forgive that ugly reflection in the back... :D
Strobist info: Speedlite at 1/8 power, behind camera
Any comments or tips are appreciated
Pat Aldridge helped England 70+ to a podium place the previous day - now back out for more on the Sunday.
The KOM League
Flash Report
For
April 13, 2019
This report is due to the comment of one reader and another former KOM Leaguer who recently left the field of play.
This report is posted on the Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/32657710927/
A rare photo, depicting spring, is being shared this time around since a very rare bird is in the photo. Most of the time “that bird” shies away from anyone attempting to photograph it. It made its way into this edition since I was assigned the task of showing the last moments for magnolia petals.
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Chanute Athletics catcher—1950 passes away
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Fossen, Manley G "Bud" 7/27/1928 - 3/20/2019 Pensacola FL Bud Fossen, age 90 passed away March 20, 2019 in Pensacola, FL. Born July 26, 1928 in Riverside, CA to Esther and Manley Fossen. Preceded in death by his parents, stepfather Einar Roe, and wife, Gladys Fossen. A graduate of Glenwood City, WI High School, Bud attended River Falls State Teachers College (UW River Falls) where he proudly lettered each year in football, basketball and baseball. He signed a professional contract with the Milwaukee (later Atlanta) Braves and was a catcher in their minor league system until military duty called. Bud met the love of this life, Gladys Briesmeister in college and they were married August 12, 1951.
Shortly after, Bud enlisted in the U.S. Army and was assigned to the 9th Infantry where he served his country in the Korean War. He was wounded in combat and awarded the Purple Heart. Following a graduate assistantship at Western Michigan University in 1954, Bud taught and coached at Charlotte, MI High School. He then moved to Kalamazoo Central High School where he remained for several years eventually becoming varsity basketball coach. He was an assistant basketball coach at WMU from 1965-69 before accepting a position as assistant principal and varsity basketball coach at Portage Northern H.S. Bud eventually retired as assistant principal from Portage Central H.S. Bud and Gladys relocated to Pensacola, FL in their retirement.
Bud loved his family and friends and felt especially blessed to know his first great-grandchild, Sloane. He leaves us with a lifetime of memories to cherish. Survived by second wife Sandra Coady Fossen, son John (Sylvia) Fossen and daughter Luana (Len) Bierlein. Grandchildren Jennie Bierlein (Brian McDaniel)m Katie Bierlein (Brent Gerike), Amy (Hans) Storvick, Devin, Cassandra, and Lauren Fossen, great-granddaughter Sloane Storvick A service has been held.
Published in Kalamazoo Gazette on Apr. 21, 2019.
Ed comment:
“Bud” Fossen was one of the Chanute Athletics who was around for the last game that team ever played in professional baseball. He joined the other members of the club in lining up along the third base line and singing “Goodnight Irene.” It was the end of the season for an organization that had a total of 51 roster members which meant it had a turnover rate of 300%. That kind of player attrition happened when a team had a record of 35-89 and wound up 46 games short of tying for the pennant.
Fossen did sign with the Boston Braves and started out the 1950 season with Eau Clare, Wisconsin of the Northern league before being assigned to Chanute, Kansas which had no affiliation with any professional team. To the best of my ability, to check things out, Fossen, appeared in 58 games during the 1950 season.
Fossen’s time in professional baseball was brief, but in speaking with him he enjoyed his time in the KOM league, immensely.
In looking at Fossen’s past I was reminded of a story mentioned in a long ago Flash Report. His mother was the first woman ever to speak before a national political convention. It happened on June 8, 1920 in Chicago. She followed such speakers as Henry Cabot Lodge and George DuPont. It was reported that her voice could not be heard over noise of the crowd and her comments had to be repeated by the speaker of the convention.
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Hero from where?
I was watching the cardinals play last night and heard Tim McCarver say that Mickey told him that Kenny Boyer was his idol. Did they know each other from the KOM league? If anyone in the world knows this it you. Ha! Ha!--- Gary Smith-Nixa, Mo.
Smith played many a baseball game at “John Hall Stadium” back in the day (Note: Smith played under the name of Enos Slaughter). He also played a “tin can lid” game with Yours truly back in the early 1950’s. The game was called after 97 innings due his mother beckoning him home for supper. For some reason that game was never resumed. While time remains it should be seen to a conclusion. Details will be tough to work out due to Smith and I living many miles apart, not two blocks, as it was nearly 70 years ago. But, in light of the fact that the Cincinnati Reds are playing a couple of home games against the St. Louis Cardinals, this weekend, in Monterrey, Mexico I suppose all things are possible.
Ed reply:
Smith was informed that Mantle and Boyer played against each other in 1947-48-49 in the Gabby Street, Cardinal Junior and Southeast Kansas Ban Johnson leagues. Mantle of course was with Baxter Springs, Kansas and Kenny Boyer with Alba, Mo. In looking at the 1948 season of the Cardinal Junior league I saw the respective batting averages of Mantle and Boyer. Neither led their team let along the league in hitting. I was surprised in looking at the final statistics that my second cousin, Charlie Nealy of Webb City hit .349 to Mantle’s .347. I would have loved sharing that with Charlie but he died, in 1979, in Phoenix, Arizona. Gosh, 40 years pass in a hurry. Charlie was an uncle to Eddie Nealy who played basketball at Kansas State and was later a power forward for the Chicago Bulls during the Michael Jordan era.
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A little encouragement goes a long way
Thanks John...great stuff! Don Hackbert
Ed comment:
He was known as Donald Michael “Curley” Hackbert, from Chicago, when he caught for the Independence, Kansas Browns in the early stages of 1952. Messages, like the one he sent, ensured another Flash Report would be attempted.
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Don Dagenais obituary
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Donald Lee Dagenais passed peacefully on April 2, 2019, at 89 years of age. He is survived by his children, Glenn Dagenais and Diane Stevens (Rob); grandchildren, Julie Dagenais (fiancé Sean Larea), Jennifer Abels (Wayne), Jeffrey Dagenais (girlfriend Teri Rio), and Heather Faul; great-grandchildren, Nicholas Brewer and Skylar Abels; and sister-in-law Verna Smith. Donald was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 65 years, Norma; parents, Arthur and Ella Dagenais; siblings, Mildred Meyer, Gladys Schum, Elmer Dagenais, and Eleanor Haddix; grandson Cody Pederson; and great-granddaughter, Savanna Abels. Donald was born in Lisle, Illinois and a longtime resident of Naperville, Illinois.
He met his future wife in 1st grade at Ellsworth School. Donald graduated from Naperville High School in 1947, where he lettered in football, basketball, and track. Baseball was not offered in high school but was Donald's favorite sport and one in which he excelled. He played two years as a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals minor league team in Abilene, Kansas. Donald would later go on to serve in the Air Force and was stationed in San Antonio, Texas during the Korean War. Donald was a long-term employee of Kroehler Manufacturing Company in Naperville until it closed. He went on to become a real estate broker and worked for Century 21 in Naperville. Upon retirement, Donald enjoyed his time as a ranger at the Naperville Springbrook Golf Course Donald loved traveling with his wife by his side, visiting all 50 states. He was an avid piano player, enjoyed golf and above all loved spending time with family and friends. A private service will be held at Naperville Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in Donald's honor can be made to Wesley United Methodist Church in Naperville. Published in the Naperville Sun on Apr. 7, 2019.
Ed comments:
Although Mr. Dagenais never played in the KOM league he was a teammate and opponent of many others who showed up a year or two later. A number of years ago I undertook to document his two years in the Amateur Baseball League of America and in recent days his son, Glenn, informed me of his death.
By virtue of the foregoing obituary it provides me the opportunity to discuss how the amateur baseball leagues affected professional baseball. In 1948 Dagenais was on the second team all-star list for players in the Amateur Baseball League of American that operated in North Central Kansas. There were 14 first team members and a like number for the second team. Of those 28 names I did a bit of research and found that 17, at least, played minor league baseball
Of the 17 fellows signing professional baseball contracts, Bob Stephenson, Willard Schmidt, Bill Virdon and Andy Varga made it to the major leagues. Varga made it to the Cubs by virtue of his big bonus contract but was in the KOM league by 1952. www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vargaan01.shtml
Stephenson who was at the University of Oklahoma in 1948 and Schmidt both saw action with the St. Louis Cardinals. www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=stephbo01
In both 1948 and 1949 Bill Virdon was a member of the Clay Center team and most of the time his last name was spelled “Verdon” in the newspapers. A number of fellows who played in the ABLA made their mark in other areas. Bobby Winkles was a very successful college baseball coach and Pat Haggerty was seen many Sunday afternoons, in the fall and winter months, refereeing National Football league games.
Winkles www.google.com/search?q=bobby+winkles&oq=Bobby+Winkle...
Pat Haggerty
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Haggerty_(American_football_official)
Many players from the ABLA wound up on KOM league teams, aside from Andy Varga and Bill Virdon, previously mentioned. As part of the final test given, at the end of this story, keep in mind that none of the players named were signed to a professional contract until after they played their last amateur game. For example, Virdon had been scouted by Tom Greenwade, of Dodger and Yankee fame. All the scouts could do was recommend a young prospect play a while for an amateur team and if things went well then he would be signed to a pro contract. It was mentioned in a recent story that Greenwade attempted to convince Frank Hungerford another boy from Virdon’s area and era to play in the ABLA and he refused, opting to play immediately out of high school. Hungerford admitted that was a bad mistake for after signing with the St. Louis Browns and spending some time at Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1947, discovered Greenwade was correct.
Thus, no team in the ABLA had any connection to a professional baseball team. Here are the KOM Leaguers I spied in a cursory review of the ABLA from 1946-48.
Udo Jansen—Played for Abilene and signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates who assigned him to Bartlesville, OK. He has played for Little Rock, Ark. of the Southern Assn. before WWII>
Bob Loeddeke—Played for Clay Center, Kansas. Was signed by the New York Yankees and sent to Independence, Kans.
Tom Guinn—Played for both Miami, OK and Iola, KS in the KOM League
Benny Leonard—Played for the Iola Indians in 1949-50 after signing with the Cleveland Indians
Earl Hays—Played for the Abilene Ikes and signed with the Topeka, Owls who sent him to Miami, OK.
Ed Wilson—Played for the Abilene Ikes and signed with the Topeka, Owls who sent him to Miami, OK. Ended his career at Iola, Kansas in 1952.
John Girrens—Played for the Abilene Ikes and signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates who assigned him to Bartlesville, OK.
Howard Mason “Mace” Pool—Signed initially with the Chanute A’s and wound up with the Iola Indians.
Harland Coffman—Pitched for the Abilene Ikes and signed with the New York Yankees. Pitched for Independence, KS Yankees.
Jerry Buchannan—Signed by the New York Yankees and in 1950 was member of the championship winning Joplin Miners. (Never in KOM league)
Mike Werbach—He was a Wichita, KS native and was signed out of the ABLA by the Brooklyn Dodgers and sent to Ponca City, Oklahoma.
Kenneth Kleasner—Native of Columbia, Mo. was signed by the New York Yankees and was on the Independence, KS roster in both 1949-50.
Jim Qualls--Played at Clay Center, Kansas at same time as Bill Virdon. Both signed by New York Yankees and assigned to Independence, Kansas in 1950.
Paul Hoffmeister—Native of Arlington Heights, Ill. Signed by the Chicago Cubs and wound up with the Carthage, MO Cubs in 1949-50.
John Peterman—Signed to a Cleveland Indian contract and pitched for Iola in both the KOM league and later for that club in the Western Association.
Roy Switzer—Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates and sent to Bartlesville, OK. Released by that club and signed with the Iola, Kansas Cubs. He was from Mansfield, TX and drowned in 1964 in Wimberly, Texas
Jerry Whalen—He was from St. Joseph, Mo. and was signed by the Cleveland Indians and played for the Iola Indians in 1949.
Dave Brown—A native of St. Joseph, MO he was signed by the Topeka Owls and sent to Miami, OK.
Disclaimer:
The foregoing is a cursory review and subject to a great deal more research before I would place the “Better Batboy’s Home and Gardening” seal of approval on it.
For those who are gluttons for punishment a few more names are listed as having left the ABLA and entering professional baseball. With the Internet at your disposal see what you can find on each name listed:
Eugene Depperschmidt—Carl Smolinski--Signed by Brooklyn Dodger organization.
Jack Shirley—Ray Klobe—Floyd George--Signed by St. Louis Cardinals.
Ivan Abromovitz—Signed by Yankees.
Jack Bell—Signed by Topeka Owls
Never documented any professional team for the following but believed they signed professional contracts:
Emil Roemisch—From Dallas, TX
Perk Reitmeier—Lafayette, Indiana
Al Sheriff—Kansas City, MO and Kansas State Univ. (A document was found where Al filled out the form for Bill Weiss, baseball historian.)
When there is nothing to report, articles like the foregoing are prepared just to prove I’m still at least making an attempt to communicate.
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What killed minor league baseball as it was in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s.
A couple of weeks ago a photo of Lee Eilbracht and Dick Heitholt was shown standing around an old cream can that was used as the official watering station for baseball players. It was mentioned that a story about each of them was planned for a future edition. One about Dick Heitholt was featured last week. This week a peek was taken regarding the life of Lee Eilbracht and it became obvious that writing an article about him would take more time and space than this issue would allow.
On February 20, 1950 Ken Guenthner, president of the Sioux Falls Canaries wrote a letter to Lee Newman, who held that same position with the Carthage Cubs, making final arrangements for spring training which would begin in two months, at Carthage. In the letter Guenthner referred to Eilbracht as our “Miracle Man.” In another letter he was called the “peppery” and hustling catcher. That was the way in which Eilbracht was viewed in most places where he served the rest of his life. His longest tenured position was that of head baseball coach at the University of Illinois.
That is about as far as I should take things, at this juncture, for there is a lot to say about Eilbracht. Many years after he left standing by that cream can in Carthage he was being interviewed about the change in minor league baseball from when he first broke into it in 1947.
For many people looking back at the days of Class D, C and B baseball its demise has been blamed on television, the Korean War and other such things. In a very insightful interview Eilbracht blamed the demise of minor league baseball on major league owners. Wow!!! You know something, I believe he was correct. His article is not included in this report to save my eyes and your time, or vice-versa. However, as I applied his rationale it to the end of the Carthage franchise with the Cubs. It boiled down to two ballplayers Wid Matthews en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wid_Matthews of the Chicago Cubs asked Carthage to protect in 1951 so as to make them “unknown” to other teams so they wouldn’t draft them in 1952. Although never proven I believe the two were Robert Westgate and Jack Jean. Both were pitchers. Westgate was a lefty from Chicago and Jean was a righthander from Iowa.
Matthews promised Lee Newman and the Carthage board of directors $6000 for protecting two players which was to be used by Carthage for operating expenses for 1952. That never materialized and when Newman and the rest of the board went to Chicago to confront Matthews, in early 1952, he said that minus a written document that gentleman’s agreement made, in 1951, was their word against his. He summarily tossed the group out of his office and promised retaliation if they took the issue to a higher authority. Of course, that story is much longer than that but in summary his threat was that if Carthage pursued this matter he would have them blacked-balled from professional baseball, forever. In actuality, his threat became reality.
For a brief introduction into the life of Lee Eilbracht check out this link and then you’ll be able to write the next Flash Report or make one redundant. www.google.com/search?q=Lee+Eilbracht&oq=Lee+Eilbrach...
Gulo gulo
The Wolverine, also known as the Glutton, Carcajou, Skunk bear, or Quickhatch is the largest member of the weasel family (mustelidae).
They are about the same size as a medium sized dog, weighing between 20 and 50 lbs.
Males are considerably larger than females and some can weigh up to 70 lbs.
It is quite ferocious and extremely strong for its size and can kill prey much larger than itself.
It inhabits primarily the taiga and tundra regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with largish populations in North America and northern Asia.
As with so many animals, habitat destruction, hunting and range reduction have seen a marked reduction in numbers, so much so that the animal is now considered to be vulnerable.
Gulo is Latin for glutton.
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