Ed MacNicoll said :
Many of us old timers remember going to Dunn Field, on the
Brunswick Circle to watch the Trenton Giants play in the 40's
As I kid I saw many greats there, but at the time never realized
just how great they would become. There was "say Hey" Willie Mays,
fresh up from Birmingham and his team mates Dick Sisler, who went
to the Phillies and Baseball history, his brother, Boston's Dave
Sister and both sons of that great Baseball Great George Sisler,
and of course Trenton's own Great loveable Mo Cunningham.
We as kids were taken to see Willie play by the Trenton Police
Athlete League . We all had signed baseballs by Willie, Mo and
Dick. But we never realized their potential and yes, yes, yes.
..you know it...we all used these balls to play baseball and ruined
them. God! we were fools......George Case who played for the
Washington Senators and had a sports store on Perry street sat
with us kids a lot. He was part of the PAL team taking care of us
kids.. God Bless them all.
UPDATE:
Trenton Giants Roster 1950
Manager: Frank Genovese
Pitching Staff: James Arbucho, Robert Easterbrook,Jose Fernandez,
Ted Heitschmidt, Clifford Littedave,Red McCafferty,Donald McMillen,
Joseph Michiche, Rinty Monahan, Harry Wilson.
Players: Harry Bell, Herbert Boetto,Peter Brozovich,Mike Columbo,
Maurice Cunningham, Chester Canavage, Tom Korczowski,Len Matte,
Willie Mays,Louis Metral, Robert Myers,Ray Ramblin, Eric Rodin.
Trenton Giants Managers list & Records:
1946 Earl Wolgamot 60-78
1947 Tommy Heath 88-50
1948 Tommy Heath 83-57 League Champs
1949 Hugh Poland 73-66 League Champs
1950 Frank Genovese 73-65
Trenton Giants Scorecards were 10 Cents and had drawings by
Joe Masick.
Bus Saidt, Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, was the
radio announcer for the team from 1947 to 1950 (WBUD).
Dunn Field was located on the Brunswick Circle in North
Trenton.
The Trenton Giants were in the Interstate League.
Other teams were:
Allentown Cardinals, Hagerstown Owls, Harrisburg Senators,
Lancaster Red Roses, Sunbury Yankees, Sunbury Reds,
Wilmington Blue Rocks, York White Roses.
The Trenton Team was Senators 1939-41, Packers 42-44,
Spartans 1945, Giants 1946-50.
UPDATE:
Bill Barber said...
Hey my cousin and I spent two seasons selling PEANUTS.POP CORN
AND LUCKY NUMBER SCORE CARDS,MANY TRIPS UP AND DOWN THE GRANDSTAND
AND DEVELOPED A GOOD THROW AND Catch. Good old days made 5- 10 bucks
a night. Knew all the players in the dougout
4 comments:
Mack, my Dad saw Willie Mays play there also, Dunn Field at the current Brunswick Circle area. When we first moved to Florida, the Astro's had a minor league team here. For the kids they had a Knot Hole Club, and kids got in for a $1.00 and received a coupon for a raffle held in the 7th inning. They gave away about 10 bats per night. My one son must have gotten 3 bats and 10 balls one summer. Autographs galore from these minor league players. I guess you can say that's when it was a game.
hey my cousin and I spen two seasons selling PEANUTS.POP CORN AND LUCKY NUMBER SCORE CARDS,MANY TRIPS UP AND DOWN THE GRANDSTAND AND DEVELOPED A GOOD THROW AND Catch. Good old days made 5- 10 bucks a night. knew all the players in the dougout
Bill,
Wow! That was good money.. It was a year or so later, I was working in CV Jills for $1,10 per hour, ( I lied and said I was 18, like most kids at that time)then I joined the Maries and we got $78.00 a month. $5 or $10 a night at that time...you had to be on cloud nine.
I'm pitcher Jim Arbucho's daughter!
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