Memorial to Good Fellow
By Chester L. Smith The Pittsburgh PressMarch 30, 1955 The readers always write – DEAR SIR – I wish to express my appreciation for the column you wrote regarding the Bill Doak Memorial Field at Bradenton, Fla. My how the years have flown! Bill certainly deserved this fine writeup. From […]
Famous McKinley Park Diamond, Cradle of Bill Doak and Other Stars, Passes
Cruel March of Progress Obliterating the Glory That Once Was McKinley Park August 21, 1929 Age 38 By Harry Keck Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph As pictured below, one of Pittsburgh’s old baseball landmarks is passing from view with the tearing up of the McKinley Park diamond in Beltzhoover to […]
Pittsburgh Sandlot Baseball Recalled
Published May 29, 1929 Age 38By Regis M .Welsh Pittsburgh Post Gazette Sports of All Sorts Local sandlotters, still ambitious to be big leaguers, should listen if anyone would attempt to tell them the prelude of the short story which yesterday told […]