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Photo: Schiffe im Hafen von Gretsiel, Ostfriesland
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Beglücke meine Reise
1.) Beglücke meine Reise,
Gott, ich vertraue dir.
Sei gnädig und beweise,
Wie treu du bist, an mir!
Auf allen meinen Wegen
Begleite väterlich
Mit deinem Schutz und Segen,
Mit deiner Hilfe mich!
2.) Ich bin in deinen Händen,
Des darf mein Herz sich freun.
Du kannst mir Rettung senden,
Wenn mir Gefahren dräun. (a)
Wenn mich dein Flügel decket,
Gleich einem sichern Zelt.
Was ists, das mich erschrecket,
O Herr der ganzen Welt?
3.) Erhalte meine Kräfte,
Gelingen lass den Fleiß
Und meiner Pflicht Geschäfte
Zu deinem Ruhm und Preis.
Gib, dass ich christlich wandle,
Und, wo ich immer sei,
Nach deinem Worte handle,
Dein heilig' Auge scheu!
4.) Lass dir auch meine Lieben
Zuhaus empfohlen sein.
Nichts müsse sie betrüben,
Dein Segen sie erfreun!
Wenn nach vollbrachter Reise
Wir froh uns wiedersehn,
Soll dir zum Dank und Preise
Dich unser Lied erhöhn!
(a) alte Form von 'drohen'
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Autor: August Ludwig Christian Heydenreich
Melodie: Befiehl du deine Wege
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Gesangbuch für die evangelisch-christlichen
Einwohner des Herzogthums Nassau
Im Verlag des Centralfonds für
die Witwen und Waisen der Geistlichen
ca. 1864
Liednummer 763
Thema: Reiselied
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August Ludwig Christian Heydenreich (* 25. Juli 1773 in Wiesbaden/Großherzogtum Hessen, † 26. September 1858 ebenda) war ein evangelisch-lutherischer Pfarrer und Liederdichter. Er wurde als Sohn des Stadtpfarrers Johann Andreas Heydenreich geboren und begann 1789 ein Theologiestudium an der Universität Erlangen, wo er 1792 die Magisterprüfung ablegte. Bis 1793 war er Assistent am theologischen Fachbereich der Universität. Er betreute nach seinem Studium zunächst verschiedene Pfarrstellen in Usingen, Wiesbaden und Dotzheim (heute Ortsteil von Wiesbaden). Im Jahr 1817 trat er bei den Verhandlungen der Unionssynode zu Idstein hervor, aus der die unierte evangelische Landeskirche hervorging. Die Universität Herborn berief ihn 1818 als Professor an ihr theologisches Seminar, dessen Direktor er im Jahr 1825 wurde und dem er bis zum Jahr 1837 vorstand bis er evangelischer Landesbischof von Nassau wurde. Die Theologie Heydenreichs war gekennzeichnet von einer Ablehnung des Rationalismus seiner Zeit und dessen Bibelkritik. Die von ihm 1843 bearbeitete und herausgegebene Agende, die bis 1947 Gültigkeit behielt, spiegelt Heydenreichs liturgisch konservative Grundhaltung wider und stieß auf große Resonanz in der nassauischen Pfarrerschaft. Zu dem nassauischen Kirchengesangbuch von 1840 steuerte Heydenreich zahlreiche Lieder bei. Viele seiner 57 Lieder waren in Nassau bekannt, hierunter besonders das Adventslied 'Hosianna, zu der Erden steigt der Friedensfürst herab'.
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The KOM League
Flash Report
For
Week of Jan. 8, 2017
This report is posted at: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/31769088120/
It is the best one so far in 2017. I
Starting January 1, 2017 I figured everything I know about the KOM league had already been shared, a least a dozen times.
In looking back to 2016 there were 461 pages of information shared. That comprised 216, 275 words, 5,893 paragraphs and 20,663 lines. I would imagine if I had shared all of the URLs, in full, the data in each category, listed above, would have been increased by 30%.
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Robert Nichols closed out 2016
To close out 2016, the last person with whom I spoke was Robert Nichols from Canton, Ohio who played for the 1948-49 Iola, KS Indians. Never, in my many conversations with him, over the years, has he failed to come up with a story I’ve never heard previously.
In my batboy experience I was around a “few” clubhouses but not like one Nichols experienced in one of his pro seasons. He recalled one of his teammates wore his wife’s silk panties, under his baseball uniform, in order to not become galded. I think I recall Barry Sanders wearing panty hose, under his football garb, when he was with the Detroit Lions. So, I guess Nichols’ teammate was ahead of his time.
During the 1949 season Iola was managed by Winlow “Windy” Johnson. The second baseman on that team was Bill Anderson from Chicago. Johnson felt Anderson was too slow in turning the double play and informed him if he didn’t improve he’d find a new player to take his place. The very next time Anderson was turning the double play he threw immediately, as hard as he could. The ball hit the oncoming runner in the forehead and was caught, in the air, by third baseman, Jerry Whalen.
One of the smartest guys with whom Nichols ever played was Gilbert Flauto from New York City. He was sent to Chanute by the New York Giants in 1948, from their Class C team in Erie, Pennsylvania, and was soon cut loose and signed by the Iola Indians. He played a little outfield to begin his career but soon became a first baseman. He returned to Iola in 1949 and played the entire season. Nichols recalls that when Flauto hit a baseball, by the time he reached first base, he had already figured out his batting average depending upon whether he was safe or out. I asked Nichols what Flauto did with his talent and learned that he became a jewelry designer. That may be why he still divides his time between Florida and Ballston Lake, New York which is located north of Schenectady.
Nichols said that he had never intended to play baseball but after the cessation of hostilities of the war in Europe he was pitching for his Artillery Battalion team in the European Championships. He said his mound opponent that day was Paul Stuffel. Nichols and Stuffel were both from Canton, Ohio and knew each other. Neither knew the other was in Europe, let alone winding up pitching against each other in the second round of that tournament. Nichols related that he threw a one-hitter that day and lost, 1-0, due to Stuffel hitting a home run. www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&am...
An interesting tidbit is that Stuffel started his minor league career at Salina, Kansas in 1947 and Nichols came along in 1948 pitching for the Iola, Kansas club. But, that isn’t the end of coincidences. While at Iola, in 1948, Nichols looked across to the opponent’s dugout, the Independence, KS Yankees, one night and saw a familiar face. The face belonged to Bill Bagwell who had served in the same artillery battalion with Nichols. But, the story is not quite finished. Two days before Christmas, of this past year, I had a telephone call from Bagwell who said he was calling all of his former KOM friends. When Nichols called me he said that Bagwell had indeed called him. That is on the verge of being remarkable for both of the former WW II buddies have now exceeded the “Four-score and ten” age plateau.
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First death of former KOM leaguer in 2017
There were great expectations for 2017 that the “departure rate” would be slowed but shortly into the New Year I learned of the death of a former Independence Brown. Here is his obituary:
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Richard Vernon Lack LUBBOCK-Richard Vernon Lack, age 83, passed away at his home in Lubbock, Texas, surrounded by his family on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. Born in Tacoma, WA, he went on to graduate from University of Puget Sound with a degree in Business Administration and University of Washington where he earned a Master's degree in Accounting. His professional credentials were that of CPA and CPCU. Dick and his sons also re-established the Wendy's franchise in Lubbock in 1987. Prior to that, they owned all of the Wienerschnitzel restaurants here in town. He was married to Barbara Breedman for 53 years, who preceded him in death. Together they had three sons and a daughter. Dick was born in a family of meager means and swore his family would never live like that. He accomplished this by hard work. He became very successful rising to be President of multiple companies and accomplishing things in business that had never been done before him. He was honest and would never take advantage of a soul. Dick made sure his family always was well taken care of financially. As a young man, Dick was born club footed and overcame this handicap and went on to play professional baseball for the Baltimore Orioles. An injury to his throwing arm ended his career. His Alma Mater Washington Huskies played in a bowl game the day before he passed away. In 2012 he married Linda (Smith) who survives him along with her son and daughter, Walter and Rebecca. Linda took great care of Dick in his final years, providing him with love and companionship. Last Christmas, Linda gave all the children a reproduced picture of Dick in his baseball uniform which was the most prized gift of the Lack family holiday celebration. A successful business man, Dick and his family lived in several states, and his career even brought him to England for a few years where he was CEO of an Insurance company. Besides sports, his interests included reading Christian books, politics and taking care of his pool at his home in Ransom Canyon. Nothing pleased him more than seeing his children and grandchildren swimming in the pool and enjoying the beauty of the life and home he had built on the edge of a cliff in Ransom Canyon. He is survived by his wife, Linda Lack; sons, Scott (Lenina), Eric, Mark (Latisha) and daughter, Vicki (Ryan); and grandchildren, Amy, Richard, Scoti, Sarah, Clint, Rance, Claire, Garrett, Eric, William, Jordan, Paris and London. Despite his sometimes outwardly gruff nature, he had a warm heart and was always willing to help those in need when he was made aware of a situation in which he could be of assistance. In his businesses and in all areas of his life Dick used hard work and never quitting to succeed. He used to say that many were smarter and had things come easier to them none would ever out hustle him. Dick used this philosophy of hard work in every area of his life. He enjoyed discussing business with his family and friends. He also volunteered his skill to churches to help them get their finances in line. A Memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at Oakwood United Methodist Church. The family will greet friends at the church on Friday at the time of the service.
Ed comment:
There are usually things left out of obituaries, of former KOM leaguers, that researchers will invariably ask about and some of his teammates will accuse me of leaving out if they aren’t mentioned.
Dick lack was born January 16, 1933 in Tacoma, Wash. and died 15 days short of his 84th birthday. He was a right handed hitting and throwing outfielder for the 1952 Independence, Kansas Browns. He had signed with the St. Louis Browns and had played with Redding, California in the Far West league in 1951.
In June of 1952 Lack broke his shoulder making a sensational diving catch in a game at Iola, Kansas. His return to the lineup was on August 16 at the scene of his earlier injury. Shortly after returning to the lineup he was hit in the face with a ball bat and was once again out of action. In total, he saw action in 65 games. Since each team played every day of the week, his eight weeks, on the “banged up” list would have meant he missed 56 games. Adding the games he played and those he had to sit out comprised the total number of games Independence played that year, sans five.
In previous seasons a player being injured, for the amount of time Lack was, would have ensured his release. However, he came along at a time the Korean War was shredding the ranks of minor leagues, even necessitating the close of a number of them. Thus, he was able to stay with the club until the end of the season. He does appear in the official team photo but it was taken during one of his times on the disabled list and he is shown in street clothes.
Follow-up:
When a former KOM leaguer passes away an attempt is made to inform his teammates prior to the notice being printed in the Flash Report. There aren’t many surviving teammates, from any club, to share things with anymore. I was able to contact Ron Minnich, in the Atlanta area, and here is what he had to say. “John –Sorry to get the news. Yes, he was an outfielder for the ’52 Brownies. He was speedy and a fair batter – mostly a pull hitter. Please send me his obit. Same address in Stone Mountain. By the way, still working full time at Colonial Pipeline Company in Alpharetta, GA. I appreciate the regular contacts – don’t know how you find the time.”
There are always regrets in life. When I resided in Stone Mountain, GA, in the late 1980’s, I didn’t know of Minnich’s whereabouts. I first heard from him due to Furman Bisher of Atlanta Constitution and Journal. In one of Bisher’s sports columns he dropped the name of Billy Jack Cornsilk, on his readership. Minnich called Bisher to find out what he knew about the guy. Bisher told him he didn’t know anything other than he had seen Cornsilk’s name in a KOM League newsletter and liked the sound of it. Minnich convinced Bisher to give him the contact information and he and I have been e-mail friends for a very long time. Minnich and Cornsilk pitched against each other in 1952 when Cornsilk, aka the Cherokee Kid, was with the Ponca City Dodgers.
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Solving the Mann puzzle, almost.
Heading into 2017 I knew that Charles Eugene Mann was born August 5, 1929 in Moffett, Oklahoma and that he played for Miami, Okla. to start the 1950 season and wound up with Iola. While he never appeared in a Miami team photo I did inherit, from someone, a number of photos of the 1950 Iola Indians. In one of the 8 X 10 glossy prints were a number of Iola pitchers seated in the left field grandstand, surrounded by adoring fans as some of the pitchers were puffing on their favorite brand of cigarettes. One of the guys in the photo was Mann. Here is the URL that got me as far as I did in this article: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=373053...
At the close of the 1950 season the Iola Register identified everyone on the roster and where they would be heading for the offseason. It was mentioned that Mann and his wife would be returning to Los Angeles. (At the close of this article is the complete rundown of the members of the Iola Indians who were around after the final game and where they went.)
With that morsel of newly found information I was determined to find Charles Mann or learn of his fate.
Once again I pointed my antenna toward Moffett, Oklahoma where all my previous information indicated Mann was born. Getting back to Moffett, I found a Harry Eugene Mann, who was born in Gamburg, Missouri, in 1889, but had moved to Moffett, Oklahoma, after the end of WW I, and married Vera Clemmons from Ft. Smith, Arkansas on November 8, 1920.
It is a long haul of 317 miles from the Missouri boot heel town of Gamburg to the Arkansas River town of Moffett. So, when the elder Mann took unto himself, a wife, all he had to do was cross the river into nearby, Ft. Smith, Arkansas, where she lived.
At this point in my research I was 99% convinced I had located the parents of a guy who would break into organized baseball some 29 years later. Harry and Vera gave birth to William Bernard Mann on March 15, 1927 in Moffett. Following Harry around the Internet I found that he died in Kirkland, Washington on April 6, 2003. At that point I uttered “Oh shucks” for that was one less person to contact regarding the fate or whereabouts of a former KOM leaguer.
When both William and Charles Mann were less than 10 years of age their mother, Vera, passed away at the age of 32. Harry packed up the family, in the midst of the Great Depression and took his boys on their own “Grapes of Wrath” journey to California. The family first settled in San Antonio in Los Angeles County. They had gone from 3211 Neis Street in Ft. Smith, Arkansas in 1935 to 10422 Virginia Ave. in San Antonio, Calif. in 1940 to 3408 Duane Way in Southgate, Calif., in 1942
By the time Charles Mann reached age 19 he had signed a professional contract and played most of the 1949 season at Redding, California in the Far West league. He did play for Roswell, New Mexico in the Longhorn league, that same year, for about a dozen games and in the “light” air of that region he hit the only homers of his career which totaled three.
When the 1950 season rolled around Mann was in the Western Association playing first base for the Muskogee Reds. That was fitting since his place of birth, Moffett, was only 68 miles east of there. That might or might not have been a thrill to him but going on the road to Ft. Smith for a league game must have been something for which he looked forward prior to the start of the season. However, a bad thing happened that year. The New York Giants pulled their affiliation with Ft. Smith and moved the franchise to Enid, Oklahoma.
It took Muskogee about three dozen games to determine Mann wasn’t going to make it against Western Assn. pitching and along with his .150 batting average he went north to Miami, Okla. At Miami, in less than 15 games, he raised his batting average by 31 points and was hitting at a .181 clip when it was decided a change of scenery would do him good and he was sent to Iola in July.
Arriving in Iola, manager Windy Johnson knew Mann wasn’t a hitter. He thus decided his new acquisition might better be suited for pitching duties and used him in both starting and relief roles the rest of a rather dismal season in which Iola won 35 games.
What this editor “dug out” shows Mann arrived for Iola’s 67th game of the season which would have been early in July. In his first three games he played first base and went 0-9 as a batter. In his first 22 times at bat he had a .146 batting average, going 1 for 22. At that point he became a pitcher for Iola’s 75th game of the season. I can’t vouch for all his pitching appearances but here is what I found in my collection of Iola box scores.
Independence Yankees lost 9-8
Pittsburg Brown lost 9-0
Carthage Cubs lost 19-6—Gave up 11 hits and 12 runs but did get one hit.
Miami 8-2—He wasn’t charged with the loss. He relieved in that game.
Ponca City 14-1 He took the loss.
Bartlesville 10-2. Pitched in relief not the loser.
Independence Yankees 18-11—Starter and loser.
Pittsburg 13-7—Pitched in relief not charged with loss.
Chanute 5-3—Pitched in relief not charged with loss.
Carthage 15-12—Pitched in relief not charged with loss.
Bartlesville 11-5—Starter and loser.
Pittsburg 1-0—Pitched in relief.
In summary, Charles Mann hit a combined .110 at Miami and Iola and pitched in twelve games going 0-5, as a starter, and in the seven games in which he relieved Iola lost them all.
Well, now you ae going to assume I finally found Charles Mann or determined his fate. For a few minutes, in recent days, I thought that was the case. But the hot trail I was following turned out to be a month and a middle name away from solving the case. I thought I had found him but the guy I found had a middle name of Mason and he was born in October, not August as the former KOM was. So, the search goes on.
Like any decent police or investigative agency I’m providing the only photo I have of Charles Mann. It is at this site: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/31769088120/ The fellows are designated by a number. 1. Most likely, Howard Hunt. 2. Larry Jaros. 3. Emil “Hoss” Jurcic. 4. Ralph Tielsch and 5. The man himself, Charles Mann. The following article noted he was a married man and his wedding ring is visible on his left hand.
Reference made earlier in story about the season ending roster of Iola.
Ball Players Again Head For Distant Home Points. Members of the lola KOM league baseball team were scattering for their homes today, headed for points as distant as California and Connecticut. The team closed, the season Monday night at Pittsburg and last night held a farewell party at the lola Country club which wives or girlfriends also attended. The natural thought of most of them in departing is that military service may prevent them from returning here for another season .if nothing else does. They are all currently subject to the draft. Only a physical disqualification is about the only thing that might keep them out of uniform, they realize. One player, Ed Simmons, left for home a week ago to answer a draft call. For winter activity, other than join military service, the players are about evenly divided between work and or attending college. Ed Scott whose home is at Southwest City, Mo., will be a junior at the University of Missouri. Benny Leonard of Henrietta, Okla., plans to attend at least one semester at the University of Oklahoma, his second term there. Leo Kedzierski, South Amboy, N. J., will enroll in an eastern college. Bob Schwartz (sp) is undecided between Northeastern university or Boston U. He is from Milton, Mass. Bill Hahn is a graduate of William Jewell college, in a business course, and will return to Kansas City to seek a job. Roy Coulter, of Humboldt, .is job-hunting locally. He lived in Kansas City until about a year ago.
Emil Jurcic's home is at St. Louis and he will look for a job there. Willie Sharp and Warren Liston are Kansas City. Kas. residents. Liston worked in Kansas City, Kas., for the Kansas City, Mo., Star last winter as a reporter. Ray Khoury, Detroit, will take job at home. Ralph Tielsch works; in a steel mill at Pittsburgh, Pa.; Larry Jaros is headed for Edwardsville, Ill., and will work there this fall. Bob Mann, accompanied by his wife, left yesterday for their home at Los Angeles. Howie Hunt is another whose wife has been in lola. Mrs. Hunt’s home was in New York City and they will visit there before going on to his home town of New Haven, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Windy Johnson and their children are returning to Burlingame (Kans.), where the Indians manager farms in the off season. Kenneth Hoover, driver of the; team bus, spends the fall and winter months working in a hardware stored at Stafford. He has completed five seasons on the job here and has been commended by officials for his: work.
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The oldest person to see their first baseball game
Late July 1949--Tony Alberts of Earlton (Kans.), showed up at the Chanute ball park last week to see his first game of baseball after 85 years on ye olde planet and the Chanute and Pittsburg teams outdid themselves trying to show him everything about the game. There were: Runs—29. Hits— 31. Doubles—6. Triples— 3. Sacrifices— 1. Steals—6. Double plays—1. Walks—16. Strikeouts—15. Wild pitch- 1. Passed ball—1. But no home runs.
The foregoing paragraph was brought to you, courtesy of the August 2, 1949 edition of the Iola, Kansas Register. The remaining part of this story is made possible by the “donation” I make to Ancestry.com each year and the ability to track the information contained therein once the check clears the bank.
Knowing Mr. Alberts would have been born around 1864 I headed back in time. On August 25, of that year I found a fellow by his name born in Gretsiel, Hanover Prussia. The next step documented his marriage on March 31, 1894, in Prussia, to Folste Ewen who was seven years younger than her husband. She was born in Werdun, Hanover Prussia in 1871.
They lived in Germany until Tony was 45 and Folste was 38. They immigrated to the United States just ahead of WW 1, in 1909. The first place the newly arrived immigrants lived was Chetopa, Kansas some 65 miles south of Chanute. Gradually, they moved north, living in various small villages and on small farms, in Neosho County, until moving to Earlton which is a dozen miles south of Chanute. Folste died there in 1948 and Tony was alone.
One can allow his imagination to take him to conclusions that might not be accurate. However, I can envision Tony always wanting to go to a ballgame and Folste asking why a guy would waste his time and money on such trivial matters. After Folste’s death Tony moved to Chanute. In late July of 1949, he went to his first game and I’d like to think he drove himself to the game in the only car he ever owned. This was found on his Find-A-Grave site. “Tony bought a brand new Model T Ford and drove it in to very old age. He called it ‘Little Car.’ His funeral was well attended by car dealers hoping to buy ‘Little Car’.”
After seeing his first baseball game I’d like to think he enjoyed it. Another part of his obituary indicated he enjoyed one libation. It said “Tony made good home brew and liked it a lot.”
Whether Tony ever saw another baseball game is pure speculation but had he wanted to have seen more KOM action he lived long enough to do so. He lived another dozen years after that first game and died on July 31, 1961 which was close to the anniversary of attending his first baseball game.
Late in 2016 there was a rundown of former KOM leaguers passing away during the year. That report was completed two weeks prior to the concluding day of the year and by the time New Year’s Eve rolled around I had reported on two more fellows who left us during the year.
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Validating Bob Dellinger’s data
In a recent report it was mentioned that the Iola Indians didn’t hit one home run in their own park, in 1948. That information was first detected, in 1949, by Bob Dellinger of the Ponca City, Okla. News. He is the guy who encouraged me to write my first book and was the editor of it. I’m sure he’d be pleased to know that a couple of decades following his passing that he’s still being remembered. There are many things around my office that remind me of his friendship and his influence on my writing about the KOM league.
1948 was a wet year along the Neosho River that ran by the ballparks in Chanute and Iola, Kansas along with Miami, Oklahoma. Those three teams played in numerous places one of which was located 23 miles east of Iola.
This item appeared in the Iola Register on Monday July 26, 1948.
Carthage and Iola are scheduled Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights at Bronson. temporary home field of the Indians. The games there will be at the usual time, 8:15, with regular admission prices. Howard Dawson, Bronson produce dealer, owns the facilities there and has offered them for use by the Iola club.
The foregoing must have been an error in reporting for the Iola Indians played the Independence Yankees on July 27th at Bronson. This was the report. “July 28, 1948
From 700 to 800 fans watched the first game ever played on Howard Dawson's new lighted field at Bronson. Earl Sifers, lola club president, said the installation of the lights was completed only the day before. Bronson has a good playing field and the lights were unusually good after adjustments were made during the game.”
The Iola Indians defeated the Independence Yankees 5-3 with John Peterman being the winning pitcher and Billy Bagwell taking the loss. At this juncture I could take up a couple of pages writing about that game, but won’t. Independence had a starting lineup that night of: Al Pilarcik-CF, Tommy Gott—LF, Jim Finigan-2B, Charlie Joe Fontana-RF, Bob Hamric-3B, Jim Davis-SS, Nick Ananias-1B, Ray Haley-C and the previously mentioned Bill Bagwell on the mound. That lineup is important to remember as this tale progresses. Iola started Whitey Wood-RF, Gil Flauto-1B, Jack Jordan-2B, Hal Fortine-CF, Jim Cahill-LF, Bob Marsden-3B, Mervin Dubbers-SS, Buck Walz-C and John Peterman-P.
This Flickr site has the photo of the 1948 Independence team that made the trip to Bronson. www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/32105835606 Iola generally had great team photos but 1948 was an exception. Thus, none is featured in this edition for that team. Name identification of those in the 1948 Independence team photo is mostly free for the asking. It isn’t included here due to the already too lengthy report.
The major occurrences in that game were future big leaguer, Jim Finigan got three infield hits, Iola pitcher, John Peterman had three RBI’s and Gil Flauto pulled the hidden ball trick on Tommy Gott at first base. Al Pilarcik also played in that game and made it to the big time but he didn’t do anything big time at Bronson that evening.
The foregoing would have sufficed for reporting on a professional baseball game played in a town of 425 residents at the time but where between 700-800 people attended that game. When writing my first book I took a trip to Bronson and not much was there and the grandstand at the time of my visit wouldn’t have held 50 people. But, I paid my visit a half-century after the first professional game there.
Messing around in some newspaper files I found a column printed 14 years later that completely rewrote history. Remember, I gave you the date and lineups for the first professional game played in Bronson. Keep that in mind as you read the following few paragraphs.
Iola Register--June 14, 1962
Bronson, in the old days, say years ago when the women wore hand-made clothes and worked their fingers to the bone and the men tilled the soil, baseball was the predominant sport in rural America.
In that day, in southeastern Kansas, nearly every hamlet had a team and generally one capable of-a performance worth watching. Not today, the national pastime survives in these bucolic parts only in Bronson as a major sports attraction. This town of less than 500 patriots is the only one left in the Marmaton environs that provides the facilities for aspiring Babe Ruths to display their virtuosity.
It is no secret that baseball survives in Bronson because of the enthusiasm, public spirit and magnanimity of one man—Howard Dawson. When, 15 years ago, the lovers of home runs first began to evince a reluctance to part with 50 cents at the turnstiles. Howard Dawson was among the baseball managers who refused to bow to the inevitable. In truth, he seems to have been the only one.
In 1948, when the stolen-base addicts first began to flaunt their apathy, Mr. Dawson built a modern baseball field on the edge of Bronson and equipped it with flood lights that cost him more than $3,000.00. Although the sport has been somewhat unremunerative (sp) for the manager and owner, the people of Bronson have enjoyed first-class baseball ever since.
The first game played under the lights in 1948 at Dawson Field offers a bit of interesting baseball history. The game between Independence and lola of the now defunct KOM League was rained out at Iola so it was transferred to Bronson.
Among the players on the Independence team was. a young shortstop named Mickey Mantle who later became immortal as a New York Yankee outfielder. Howard Dawson remembers this game and recalls that Mr. Mantle displayed none of the talent that was to make him famous in the big leagues. Harry Craft, who later became a major league player and manager of the Kansas City team of the American League, was the manager of the Independence team.
As I have said, baseball once flourished in Allen and Bourbon Counties. Soon after the, turn of the century, Humboldt, Iola, Moran and LaHarpe had excellent teams and three of them developed players that later went on to the major leagues to become famous as pitchers— Walter Johnson, Ad Brennen and Otis Lambeth. Johnson became the most famous of them all, establishing records in strikeouts and scoreless innings pitched that still stand. The experts are still saying he was the fastest pitcher of all time. In the 1920s Iola and Moran had teams that-were able to hold their own in exhibition games with teams from the American Association League which, in that day, was rated only an inch below the major leagues. And lola also had a colored team, The Go-Devils, with players of even greater skill. (Ed note: George Sweatt was a member of the Go-Devils.)
Remember, all the aforementioned is material quoted from the Iola Register. The remaining remarks are those for which I will take the credit and/or blame. The following four URLs are for extra credit regarding some of the ballplayers mentioned in the previous paragraphs.
Addison Foster Brennan--https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Ad+brennan+basseball
Otis Lambeth-- www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&am...
Walter Johnson-- www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&am...
George Sweatt-- www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&am...
In the same edition of the 1962 newspaper article I quoted, extensively, was this item. “Mrs. Emma Wilson observed her 92nd birthday anniversary Saturday, June 9. She was honored by a birthday dinner at the home of Mrs. Lucy Dawson. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dawson and Jack and Mrs. Mary Banta.” Jack Banta was a former Brooklyn Dodger pitcher and by the time he attended that 1962 birthday party was through with baseball, entirely, and working in the home office of Dillon’s Grocery Company in Hutchinson, Kansas. www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&am...
Summary:
The writer of the 1962 article messed up badly and had the members of the 1949 Independence Yankees, along with their manager, being the 1948 team. Many people wanted to get in on the Mickey Mantle bandwagon and stretched their tales, just a bit to make their stories a bit more interesting. In fact, Mickey Mantle did play his first professional baseball game in Neosho County, Kansas but it was at Chanute on June 13, 1949. And, that is the truth, as I know it. Iola never played a game in Bronson during the 1949 season and thus Mantle never played there either. In 1951 Iola hit the road once again, due to flooding, and played in Bronson along with Independence (out of the league that year), Parsons, Coffeyville and Burlington, Kansas.
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There was a desire to share more information but I figured my welcome was about worn out by now. So, read this report at your leisure and don’t feel each edition must be read at one sitting. Time chugs along a pretty steady pace and at the start of 2017 I realized this is the 24th year in which I’ve written about the KOM league. This can’t go on much longer, so indulge my sharing these reports.
Since this is a new year I’m making my annual offer. If you are on the receiving end of these reports and wish your weren’t, send me the termination request and I’ll do my best to spare you further anguish.
Photo: Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche in Gretsiel
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Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
1.) Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier,
Dass wir Weisheit lernen wollen,
Schreib uns selbst die Regeln für, (a)
Wie wir sie erkennen sollen,
Dass das Lernen und das Lehren
Dir gereichen mag zu Ehren.
2.) Zünd in uns den Glauben an,
Neben dem die Liebe stehet,
Weil dir nichts gefallen kann,
Was nicht aus dem Glauben gehet:
Dass wir nicht bei unserm Wissen
Böse Christen heißen müssen.
3.) Stehe dem Verstande bei,
Durch die Weisheit aus der Höhe,
Dass sie um und bei uns sei,
Und mit an die Arbeit gehe,
Dass wir gründlic lernen können,
Was man wahr und falsch soll nennen.
4.) Treib auch unsern Willen an
Mit dem Geiste deines Mundes,
Dass er tu, so wie er kann,
Nach dem Maße seines Pfundes,
Dass wir dein Talent und Gaben
Nicht, wie jener Knecht, vergraben. (b)
5.) Nun, Herr Jesu, auf dein Wort
Und in deinem Jesus-Namen
Schreiten wir zur Arbeit fort,
Sprich dazu dein Ja und Amen.
Fang es an, und hilfs vollbringen.
Hilf, und lass es wohl gelingen.
(a) 'für' wurde früher gleichbedeutend mit dem Wort 'vor' genutzt
(b) Als Gleichnis von den anvertrauten Talenten werden zwei neutestamentliche Gleichniserzählungen bezeichnet, die im Matthäus- (Kapitel 25, Verse 14-30) und Lukasevangelium (Kapitel 19, Verse 12-27) ähnlich überliefert sind. Jesus schildert einen Herren, der seine Knechte reich mit finanziellen Mitteln ausstattet, sich dann auf Reisen begibt und nach seiner Rückkehr Abrechnung hält. Die ersten beiden Knechte erwirtschaften Gewinn und werden ihren Leistungen gemäß entlohnt. Das Geld des Letzten hingegen, der aus Angst gar nichts investierte und es stattdessen vergrub, lässt der Herr wegnehmen.
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Autor: Johann Caspar Eichelmann
Melodie: Nun Gott lob, es ist vollbracht
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Neu eingerichtetes [evangelisches]
Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach-Jenaisches-Gesangbuch
Herausgegeben von Johann Georg Weber
Verlag Siegmund Heinrich, priv. Buchhändler
Weimar, 1755
Liednummer 628
Thema: Sonntag und Gottesdienst
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Johann Caspar Eichelmann, (* 25. Januar 1650 in Homburg vor der Höhe, + 27. Oktober 1729 in Weimar) war ein deutscher Beamter und Bürgermeister von Weimar. Er wurde als Sohn des Hofpredigers und Pastors Johann Eichelmann (+ 1654) geboren. Johann Caspar Eichelmann stand bis 1673 als Feldscher (angelernter Sanitäter) in französischen Kriegsdiensten und wurde anschließend Kammerdiener, Leibbarbier und Prinzenhofmeister in Weimar. Danach übernahm der das Amt eines Fürstlich sächsischen Kammerherrn und wurde im Jahr 1718 ältester (erster) Bürgermeister in Weimar und zugleich Geheimer Kämmerer.
Im evangelischen Gesangbuch für Weimar, Eisenach und Jena, das im Jahr 1755 in Weimar erschien, steht unter dem Namen J. C. Eichelmann das Sonntagslied 'Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, dass wir Weisheit lernen wollen'.
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Type of ship: Fishing
Flag: Germany
Homeport: Gretsiel
Owner: Rolf Gosselaar
Year built: 1969
Built by: Schiffswerft Lübbe Voss GmbH,Westerende-Kirchloog,Germany
Length: 16.50 m
Beam: 5.03 m
Gross tonnage: 32 tons
Engine: Scania
Power: 250 hp
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eins aus pag
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eins aus nautic
eins aus gretsiel und
eins aus der kindheit ♥
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cokli: Schönes Wochenende, Alex! ✋
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Schiffsflotte im Hafen von Gretsiel! ⛵
Good Evening!
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