[rollei_list] Re: OT: Baseball
- From: "Robert Lilley" <54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:53:32 -0400
As I said, it is apart of the family legend and I am not sure how much truth
there is in it - could be that he was in the farm league feeding the 'A's'
or his stint with the 'A's was so short he's not mentioned. I do know that
Pennock and my grandfather were from the same area - Pennock was from
Kenneth Square and my family came from Marshallton (West Chester) PA.
Rob
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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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