The Crying Towel
jjy Gil Imitt
r h e r v have; been many
l imes during the past few
months where we old war
horses of the now defunct
Elks baseball team have lead
.little togethers a sort of a lit
he reunion. The talk general
ly begins with politics but
noire time's than not, the gos
sip always rods up with our
favorite subject base ball.
With Woriel Series time not
is the too far distant, we had
another ol our old reunions.
This time wo stayed away
Wont polities and got right
down to brass tacks and pre
dicted a Yankee v ictory in tht>
1 $58 Series against Milwau
kee. None of us like to pick
the Tankers for anything c\
t'xeept the cellar in the Ameri
can League blit we are all re
alist and have to pick the'
team that seems most prepar
es! to step into the series.
Besides talking of the forth
coming W orld Series, which
will open in the brew city in
Wisconsin, sports on the local
scene were also brought into
light and for the first time all
evening, everybody agreed on
one thing-tliat of local sports
being on the down grade. We
all wondered what had hap
pened to the Moller Baseball
l ark Cornmision, the group
supposedly responsible for
getting the new baseball dia
mond in shape. 1 appears that
everyone in town is so bus)
making money that no one
cares for a Sunday baseball
game, one of the highlights of
this city in years past. Quite
obviously-, many toes were
stepped on through the media
ol this columns two weeks
ago 11 soilin' had their feelings
hurt, 1 am not sons because
this town needs awakening as
far as sports and recreation is
concerned.
U r old Elks baseball play
t is, and there are many of us
still around this town, had a
great time recalling the great
times that we all had doing
battle with tin * American Le
gion and Moose on the ball
field. Mare of us had played
during the 1947 to 1954 era,
when the local baseball lea
gut' was junked, and there
fore, it is from this period
that we submit the following
Sitka All Star baseball team:
Cat c h e r: We had a tough
time here since Sitka was bles
sed with two of the finest re
covers in Alaska. We had to
settle with Rocky Gutierrez
because of bis age. Tony Her
man was a strong contender
this honor but most of bis
best days wore behind him
w hen '47 rolled around. Guit
errez played tor the Elks and
He rman gained stardom for
flit* Moose.
First Base: Hughey Pace of
the Elks. A versatile player
and one w i t h tremendous
power besides Being a fancy
dan around the Bag, the sele
ction here was easy.
Second Base: Mark Davis
of the American Legion. A so
lid hitter and a clever fielder,
D a v i s took the nod over
Father \evue of the Elks by
a close margin.
S 11 o r t-stop: Xo problem
here. The best shortfielder
this city has ever seen was
Buck Everson of the Elks. A
tremendous p 1 a y e r with a
wide fielding range. Buck was
the best all around player In
this league and played every
position but behind the plate.
Third Base: The selection
here was easy since the best
we have had in this town in a
long time was Frankie Price
of the Elks. A weak hitter
who e o u 1 d n t hit his own
weight, Price made up for
this weakness by turning in
fine defensive plays.
In the outfield, we feel that
w e hav e come up the finest,
one not only with a lot of
power but one with speed.
Defensively too, this is our
best:
Lett Field: The Babe Ruth
of Sitka and fine that often
sent the ball out of the park
was Dormand McGraw of the
American Region. His sele
was not questioned.
Center Field: This position
could belong to onlv one man,j|[
Sit Las al-around athlete, Her-|J
by Didrickson of the Elks.A
great defensive player with
speed and an accurate arm,
llcrb was pretty hand\ with
the bat loo.
Right Field: Only one man
would handle this position:
running into the Sitka High
gvm w hile at the same time
dodging s w i n g s and teeter
totters. That man was Bumps
Slmtt of the American Legion,
The peskiest hitter in the lea
gue, Slmtt sent many a ball
out of the park.
There was no question who
the pitcher should lx* since
Sitka had only one truck
great one even though he was
far past his prime Harold
Domicile of the Elks,
AAV all agreed that the man
ager for this mythical team
should be Wally McDonald
of the Elks, one of the shrew
est and best manager in Alas
ka base ball annals. We all
know that many will disagree
with the selections made for
this team. But then, what is
s p o r t s without a few rhu
barbs?
Many stories have been told
among former Elks players.
The s t o r i e s usually center
around the manager. Wally
McDonald. One is repeated
here:
Rocky Guiterrez may be
the only player ever to be
bawled out after making a
three base hit.
The story goes back to
Rocky’s playing days with
the old Elks. The team had
won the title the year before.
It was one of the finest in
Elks history and one of the
finest Sitka has ever known
with pitcher Harold Donnel
ly, some tremendous hitters
sue h as Bob McCracken,
Buck Everson, Father Nevue
and Herb Didrickson, And of
course1, Guiterrez behind the
plate.
In one of the games against
the USGGC Cahoone, than a
weak link in the city league,
the Elks went to town, scor
ing 18 runs. Donnelly, who
was to win many games in the
season, breezed to his usual
victory. But the main story of
t h e day w a s McCracken,
Nevue and Didrickson.
They hit three home runs in
succession, tying what might
be a record.
Guiterrez followed them,
and he hit a three bagger. He
s c o r e d immediately, and
when he got to the bench.
Manager Wally McDonald
said to him: * “What are you
trying to do, Mr. Guiterrez,
break up the rally?”
Harold Donnelly
Visiting in S.r.
Harold Donnelly, Sr., is
\ isiting in San Francisco with
la's daughter, Eva Cieci and
at the same time expects to
take in some major league
baseball games in San Fran
cisco and Los Angles to see
the Giants and Dodgers play.
It will be Donnelly’s first
glimpse of big league base
ball and at last report, he was
looking forward to seeing
the national oast-time.
Donnelly is supervisor of
Nit. Edgecombe power plant
and has been employed at
the plant continiuously since
1941. Mr. Donnelly is'a 1934
graduate of Sheldon Jackson
School.
Harold is one of the all
time greats in Sitka sports an
nuals and was a stand-out on
the 1934 SJS basketball team,
considered by many Sitka
old-timers to be the best in
Alaska high school baketball.
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Donnelly played for many
years on such Sitka basketball
teams as the Sitka ANB, Sit
ka Firemen; Sitka City Team;
Sitka Silverfoam; Sitka Con
wax Dock an Sitka Columbia
Lumber. Besides basketball;
Donnelly was an all track
man and set many records at
SJS. Harold xxas the star pit
cher for many years on the
Sitka Elks baseball team.
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Mrs. Bobby Warren of Ta
coma, Wash, formerly Miss
Pat R i c h t c r of Sitka her
daughter, Teresa, are visiting
Mrs. Warrens parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A.F. Richter, Hali
but Pt. Road.
Mrs. Warren expects to
stay in Stika approximately
ten months before joining her
husband in Germany. Sgt.
Warres is with the Medical
Corp of the U.S. Army and
has recently 'been transferred
there. Due to a lack of hous
ing facilities for army famil
ies Mrs. W arren is not able to
join her husband immediate
ly.
' Mr. W JL, Nicholas of Hal
sey, Oregon, is visiting with
his daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. asd Mrs. A.F. Richter of
Halibut Pt. Road. This is Mr.
Nicholas second trip to Sitka.
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