Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

Title

Greenwood School, grammar school baseball champions, circa early 1930s

Description

"Teams of seventh grade boys, representing one team from each of the six Wakefield public grammar schools (Lincoln, Hurd, Franklin, Woodville, Warren and Greenwood), competed in the annual grammar school baseball tournament during May and June, 1930. Arranged by Wakefield High School coach Homer Shellenberger and sponsored by the Wakefield Lodge of Elks, the scheduled games were played on the Common, Harts Hill, High School (Walton Field), and Franklin School fields. The teams played two games each week for six weeks with a championship game played at the end of June. The championship game featured a close match between Franklin and Greenwood, eventually leading to a 5 to 4 win by Greenwood. Several 'clever' and 'pretty' plays were executed by both teams, keeping the outcome of the game uncertain until the last player was retired." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.

Greenwood team members included H. Duffill, D. Babb, R. R. Stantial, R. Yeuell, A. Pechett, E. Scott, McDaniel, Borland, J. Hall, A Hupprich, J. Todd, K. Christie, and W. Lloyd.

Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 2004

Photo courtesy of the Bourdon family.

Contributor

Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.)

D'Onofrio, Jayne M.

Coverage

Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield

Date

1930-1933

Format

image/jpeg

Publisher

[Wakefield, Mass.] : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department

Subject

Schools

Baseball teams

Greenwood School (Wakefield, Mass.)

Type

still image

Photographs

Original Format

1 picture : b&w

Extent

18 x 30 cm.