Batter Up!

This photo from the mid 1920s is indicative of small-town baseball at its zenith.  Every town had a team, perhaps some had several.  But as the famed baseball writer, W. P, Kinsella said in his novel, Shoeless Joe, “Any game becomes important when you know and love the players.”  While still at the beginning of yet another spring, let’s pause for a moment and harken back to a simpler time and remember Menasha’s boys of summer. 

Back row, standing left to right:  manager: Harold Landgraf; 2^nd base: Brady; pitcher: Melzer; centerfield: Beik; shortstop: Joe Muench; general manager: Wally Pierce.

Front row, seated, left to right: pitcher and coach: Harry Rush; 1^st base: Harry Leopold; 3^rd base: Zelinski; leftfield: “Piggy Warden”; catcher: Delmore; rightfield: Cissa; batboy and mascot: Norbert Smith.