Coplay Post 426 American Legion Baseball Tidbits.



THE NEXT PICTURE SAYS IT ALL.





SAM "SAMMY" BALLIET
MOUNTAINS ABOVE THE REST
I TRULY FEEL INADEQUATE IN
ATTEMPTING TO DESCRIBE
 COPLAY'S ONE AND ONLY
"MR. BASEBALL"

 

REFRESHMENT STAND

WHERE TOMMY STEWART, HELEN PODORSKY,

JUDY AND JOYCE PODORSKY, CATHERINE
STEWART, PAT PODORSKY, BILL &
JANET MONAGHAN, THE GERHARTS,

F. DICKMAN, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO
WAS AVAILABLE, RULED THE ROOST. 
I THINK STAN REINHARD EVEN PUT 
A DOG OR TWO TOGETHER.  I KNOW
THAT STAN'S FAMILY, AS WELL AS HIS
DAD, STANLEY REINHARD, Sr., HELPED.
I MISS THE GOOD OLD HOT DOGS OR
SNOW CONES AND EVERYTHING ELSE 
THAT WAS ON THE MENU. 

"THOSE WERE THE DAYS."





VIEW THRU THE FENCE FROM THE 1ST BASE SIDE





CENTER FIELD AND BEYOND. CAN YOU VISUALIZE THE  IMAGES
 OF THE PAST IN THE SHAPE OF BOBBY ANDREWS OR
EMERY ROMAN RUNNING AROUND THE OUTFIELD?

 



I BELIEVE THIS PICTURE BRINGS BACK MEMORIES
OF EARLIER GLORY DAYS, SOME OF WHICH WERE
ABOUT 9 YEARS BEFORE THE AUTHOR OF THIS
CAPTION ARRIVED IN TOWN. WE HAD SOME GREAT
 TEAMS AND TIMES EVEN LATER.

 


HERE WE GO - L TO R: JEFF REINHARD, ?, WHITEY GREENHAGEN, ?,BILLY KUCHERA, ?, GABBY HORVATH, JOHN MUIK, JOHN KIMOCK, ?, REAR-JOHN MUIK, SR., FRONT-TOM STEWART, OVER LEFT SHOULDER-?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, OVER LEFT SHOULDER OF TALL YOUNGSTER W/T SHIRT- CARLY DEUTSCH, BILL POLAHA, JOHN SELADY, ALLEN "SHOEY" SHOEMAKER, JIMMY BALLIET, STAN REINHARD, Jr., JOYCE PODORSKY, SAMMY BALLIET, WOMAN-?, COLLEEN KUTCHERA, JUDY PODORSKY.
DOWN IN FRONT:  BUS DRIVER, GROUP OF KIDS, KNEELING AT THE END,
BUSSY MORGAN AND JOHN ZSIGOVITS.   (HELP)



IT TELLS THE STORY OF JOHN'S SUCCESS AS A COACH OF YOUNG ATHLETES.  AND IT STILL CONTINUES 5 YEARS LATER.