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Bradford Evening Star and The Bradford Daily Record from Bradford, Pennsylvania • Page 17

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Bradford, Pennsylvania
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-page rive Press Box Perches High Over Stands PONY LEAGUE SCHEDULE, 1941 Not Accessible to Many, Scorekeeper Rules in I at I at at at I LONDON 1 HAMILTON BATAVIA OLEAN I I May 7t May3030 31 May 25 1 28 PPAH Mav 2U 22 June 22t 23 June 15t 15 16 LONDON lCML jllne lit 12 July 13t 14 July 6t 7 BRADFORD June 25t 28 Au- 3t Ju'y 20t 21 July 9t 10 Aug. 31t Sep. 1 1 Aug. 17t 18 Aug. 27t 28 May 8 10 10 May lit 12 May 18t 19 June 4t 5 CI I kin A June 8t 9 June 2 HAMILTON June 18t 18 iUNuAY July 4 4 5- July 13t 14 July lBt 17 HERALD July 20t 21 July 30 Aug.

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7 8 9 July 30 Aug. 4 5 12 Aug. 12 IN YY I Aug. 17t 18 Aug. 27 28 munity park with the umpire's cry of "Play Ball," but the court convenes safe from the jeers of ardent fans who might dispute its decisions for it holds it sessions In the press box, perched like an overgrown tele phone booth atop the grandstand.

It's up there the official scorar works, and he's the brave soul who decides the difference between a hit and an error, with the resulting Denotes Canadian Wednesdays. Denotes Saturdays. Denotes Sundays. 4. They Look Promising, Jim" DEL IS 4th MANAGER Del Bissonette is the fourth man to manage the Bradford PONY league club.

It was John Roser In 1939; Eddie Onslow and Vic George last season. JULY FOURTH RIVALS Bradford and Olean are matched in a double-header on July 4. The teams play one game here and one in Olean. Last year the Bees played Hamilton on the holiday date. effects on batting and fielding averages of the robust athletes laboring below.

The stairs leading to the box from the rear of the grandstand provide excellent training for Alpine activities, but the reward is worth the risk. From the wire-covered coop, the scorer, the working press and an occasional visitor have a sweeping view of the entire park and a goodly share of the Foster Brook area. And, by some add quirk of acoustics, the box often provides a ringside seat for the muttered insults and curses visited upon the umpire at the plate by irate managers and players. The electrical scoreboard in deep centerfield is operated by remote control from the box, with a private phone service carrying the decisions of the umpire and scorer to the board operators. Here too is situated the amplification equipment, a phonograph and a stack of records which last year ranged from the familiar "Take Me Out to the Ball-game" to a torrid swing version of "South Rampart Street Parade," purchased for the entertainment of the jitterbug fans.

The local press box Is neat and serviceable, but not gaudy. It was designed to provide working space for a scorer, an announcer and a maximum of four newspapermen, but it's possible to crowd in seven or eight men If they don't mind climbing over each other's laps. The box comes close to being a "no woman's land," with the distaff side making Infrequent appearances. 2 J41.0 'EM OVER JIMMY MARTINS DEL BISSONETTE Jimmy Martins, business manager, and Del Bissonette, skipper of the Bees, look over the squad during spring training at Frederick, Md. Advertise in the Bradford Newspapers WELCOME Bradford Bees SEE OUR SPALDING World's Championship Baseball EQUIPMENT Autographed SLUGGER BATS Standard Wherever Baseball Is Played.

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61,467
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1928-1946