[rollei_list] Re: OT: Baseball

Rob,  Could your grandfather have played under another name? It would not have 
been unusual for 1912-1914 as athletes were not looked upon as very 
respectable. Pennock pitched for the A's at that time but I can't find a 
"Lilley" in the Baseball Encyclopedia.

Your grandfathers appraisal of the ball players agrees with my grandfather who 
as a Med student at Northwestern from 1902-1907 played on the baseball team. 
Back in those days the pros would work out with the college kids prior to 
reporting to the Majors...the Spring Training of the day. My grandfather was a 
pitcher and played alongside "Three Finger"  Mordecai Brown, Ed Reulbach and 
many of the other Chicago Cubs...This was the team that comprised the Cub's 
last World Championship..  I often as a kid would ask him what it was like 
playing with those guys?  "They were all scoundrels!"  he answered with  a 
twinkle in his eyes....Granddad never used tobacco or alcohol in his entire 
life.


jon
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