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Post by ic59 on Oct 30, 2019 6:11:50 GMT -5
With the World Series drawing to a close, I'm wondering if you ever attended a WS game, when you were a kid? I believe you're a Giant fan, and back in the thirties they were pretty good. Even played the Washington Senators in 1934, I believe. If you did, could you describe the experience, and if you didn't, how did you follow the games before tv?
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Post by oldtimer on Oct 30, 2019 19:02:27 GMT -5
With the World Series drawing to a close, I'm wondering if you ever attended a WS game, when you were a kid? I believe you're a Giant fan, and back in the thirties they were pretty good. Even played the Washington Senators in 1934, I believe. If you did, could you describe the experience, and if you didn't, how did you follow the games before tv? 59 .... I can remember attending a attending a World Series game between the Giants and the Yanks sometime in the mid 1930s...My Dad was a Police Officer at that time and his gang and I were let in a door under the right field bleachers which led to the Grand stand...I can almost remember the Giant line up...I beleve to the best of my memory it ran like this....Carl Hubbell pitching...Gus Mancuso catching...Bill Terry lst base...Burgess Whitehead 2nd base...Dick Bartell SS...Johnie Verges 3rd base...Joe Moore Left Field...Hank Lieber C.F. and my favorite player of all time MEL OTT in RF...Other names I remember were Hal Shumaker...Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons...Pitchers...We were allow to use the word FAT in those days.....The Giants played in the POLO GROUNDS...Straight away center field where the steps led to the Club House were over 500 feet away were I once saw the great Willie Mays make a all time great catch. MEMORIES FAID AWAY BUT NEVER COMPLETELY DISSAPPEAR BUT DO TEND GO GET FUZZY.....After near 95 yrs. of age they become TREASURE... |
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Post by ionagrad83 on Oct 30, 2019 20:24:44 GMT -5
With the World Series drawing to a close, I'm wondering if you ever attended a WS game, when you were a kid? I believe you're a Giant fan, and back in the thirties they were pretty good. Even played the Washington Senators in 1934, I believe. If you did, could you describe the experience, and if you didn't, how did you follow the games before tv? 59 .... I can remember attending a attending a World Series game between the Giants and the Yanks sometime in the mid 1930s...My Dad was a Police Officer at that time and his gang and I were let in a door under the right field bleachers which led to the Grand stand...I can almost remember the Giant line up...I beleve to the best of my memory it ran like this....Carl Hubbell pitching...Gus Mancuso catching...Bill Terry lst base...Burgess Whitehead 2nd base...Dick Bartell SS...Johnie Verges 3rd base...Joe Moore Left Field...Hank Lieber C.F. and my favorite player of all time MEL OTT in RF...Other names I remember were Hal Shumaker...Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons...Pitchers...We were allow to use the word FAT in those days.....The Giants played in the POLO GROUNDS...Straight away center field where the steps led to the Club House were over 500 feet away were I once saw the great Willie Mays make a all time great catch. MEMORIES FAID AWAY BUT NEVER COMPLETELY DISSAPPEAR BUT DO TEND GO GET FUZZY.....After near 95 yrs. of age they become TREASURE... This is absolutely great! |
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Post by ic59 on Oct 31, 2019 6:38:52 GMT -5
OT, thanks. Great stuff. Two names that you didn't mention, and they might have been gone from the Giants by that time was the great Christy Matheson (Sp?) and Freddie Lindstrom. Did you ever see Christy M. pitch? And how did you travel to the game, by car, or by public transportation?
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Post by qs on Oct 31, 2019 10:28:47 GMT -5
We're calling ball fans
All you Giant ball fans
Come watch the home team
Going places 'round the bases
Cheer for your favorites
Out at Coogan's Bluff
You'll see those Polo Grounders
Do their stuff!
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Post by icgael88 on Nov 1, 2019 15:10:41 GMT -5
OT - Who was your favorite baseball player of all-time and stadium to watch a game in?
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Post by Super on Nov 1, 2019 15:55:38 GMT -5
We're calling ball fans All you Giant ball fans Come watch the home team Going places 'round the bases Cheer for your favorites Out at Coogan's Bluff You'll see those Polo Grounders Do their stuff! FANTASTIC! |
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Post by qs on Nov 2, 2019 15:39:04 GMT -5
Five feet away is a picture of Johnny Mize. We exchanged three letters before he finally got in the Hall of Fame. The 1947 Giants set a team record for home runs. Legit, no rabbit balls, and Mize hit 51. There must be a little bit of kid left in me. Bronx in the blood with a New Rochelle veneer.
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Post by Super on Nov 3, 2019 7:53:23 GMT -5
Five feet away is a picture of Johnny Mize. We exchanged three letters before he finally got in the Hall of Fame. The 1947 Giants set a team record for home runs. Legit, no rabbit balls, and Mize hit 51. There must be a little bit of kid left in me. Bronx in the blood with a New Rochelle veneer. It was tough being a Giants fan while living in the Bronx, surrounded by the effete Yankee fans! Box score from my first ever baseball game with my Dad in 1954--Polo Grounds: www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NY1/NY1195408170.shtmlLots of famous names. Willie Mays went 4-4 with a stolen base and great catch. Johnny Antonelli dominated the Phillies and outpitched Curt Simmons. I still have a baseball from batting practice that Willie signed for me. |
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Post by iona05 on Nov 3, 2019 8:01:45 GMT -5
Five feet away is a picture of Johnny Mize. We exchanged three letters before he finally got in the Hall of Fame. The 1947 Giants set a team record for home runs. Legit, no rabbit balls, and Mize hit 51. There must be a little bit of kid left in me. Bronx in the blood with a New Rochelle veneer. It was tough being a Giants fan while living in the Bronx, surrounded by the effete Yankee fans! Box score from my first ever baseball game with my Dad in 1954--Polo Grounds: www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NY1/NY1195408170.shtmlLots of famous names. Willie Mays went 4-4 with a stolen base and great catch. Johnny Antonelli dominated the Phillies and outpitched Cut Simmons. I still have a baseball from batting practice that Willie signed for me. Attendance: 15,000 Game Duration: 2:34 Two things you would never see nowadays! |
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Post by Super on Nov 3, 2019 9:07:30 GMT -5
It was tough being a Giants fan while living in the Bronx, surrounded by the effete Yankee fans! Box score from my first ever baseball game with my Dad in 1954--Polo Grounds: www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NY1/NY1195408170.shtmlLots of famous names. Willie Mays went 4-4 with a stolen base and great catch. Johnny Antonelli dominated the Phillies and outpitched Cut Simmons. I still have a baseball from batting practice that Willie signed for me. Game Duration: 2:34 Two things you would never see nowadays! . .except in Florida baseball attendance. |
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Post by ic59 on Nov 11, 2019 10:23:43 GMT -5
Some history for OT. I was listening to my car radio, this morning, and I heard the end of a Cavalcade of America segment about NY Giant Mgr., John McGraw. I learned a couple of things that you might find of interest:
1. Christy Mathewson was before your time. His career started in 1901. He joined the Army during WW I. And was accidentally gassed, which would eventually kill him in 1925, in the TB Center in Saranac Lake, NY. His death greatly affected his manager, John McGraw, who, not long after stepped down as the Giants Mgr.
2. John McGraw died at age 60 while he was a patient at NEW ROCHELLE HOSPITAL.
And now you know the rest of the story!
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