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The Early Days of Baseball in Arcadia







Classic "Base Ball" Pose for the Camera

Left to Right: Els Rumbaugh, Otto Lang, Fred Magillis, and George

Riley. Date unknown.






1904 Arcadia Ballpark

This photo shows a baseball game in the ballpark in Arcadia,

Michigan in 1904. The ballpark was located at the south end of 4th

Street. The Arcadia pitcher in the game was Bill Zielinski.





1904 Arcadia Ballpark

This photo shows a baseball game in the ballpark in Arcadia,

Michigan in 1904. The ballpark was located at the south end of 4th Street. The Arcadia pitcher in the game was Bill Zielinski.

Arcadia Baseball Teams

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1905 Arcadia Baseball Team


Back Row: Oscar Yunk, Herman

Schroeder, Henry Schroeder,

Henry Reitz, John Rubel


Front Row: Amiel Kawzinski, Jim

Sleeper, Walter Klaas, Bill Reitz




1908 Arcadia Baseball Team


Back Row: Bill Zielinski, Frank

March, Bill Ebert, Clarence

Maple, Johnny Slubk, Mickey

Welch, Ralph BossIn 


Second Row: Lyle Putney,

Charlie Nelson, August Zielinski,

George Riley, Art Chent, Eddy

Lang


In Front: Otto Lang







1908-1910 Arcadia Baseball Team


Back Row: Ed Johnson, Frank Marsh, August Zelinske, Art Neuman, John Zilch, Bill Vogel


Front Row: Mickey Welch, Lyle Putney, Dave Reitz, Bill Zelinski, Otto Lange, Bill Ebert







1910 Arcadia High School Baseball Team

This photo shows the baseball

team representing the new

Arcadia High School built in

1910.



1913 Arcadia Girls Baseball Team


Back Row: ?, Ed Johnson 


3rd Row: Altie Tondu, Emilie Hanson,

Hannah Larson, Velma Sweeney,

Laura Boss, Edna Moseler, Inez

Field


Second Row: ?, Agnes Sweeney,

?, Beatrice Matteson, Agnes Johnson

Front Row: Delia Sweeney, Eva Parrot, ? Parrot, Sarah Irwin







Arcadia's American League

Baseball Champions 1931-1933


Back Row: Beverly Martin

(manager), Stan Hull (2B, 3B, SS),

Clifford Tondu (catcher), Claude

Gilbert (coach)


Second Row: Reinhardt Behrens

(1B), Wyler Lindquist (CF), Earl

Sunday (RF), William Behrens

(1B, OF), Berthold Lemley

(pitcher)


Front Row: Carl Meitz (RF), 

Chas. Boss (Pitcher), John Grund (3B), Phillip Grund (SS)




Late 1940's Arcadia Baseball Team (Probably 1947 or 1948)


Back Row: John Milarch, Lyle

Gilbert, Bud Rubel, Phil Gilbert,

Alfred Behrens, Al Gilbert, Ben

Johnson, Walt Bischoff


Front Row: Fay Gilbert, Everett

"Daisy" Blue, Ted Richley, Dick

Boynton




1950's Arcadia Baseball Team


Back Row: Veryl Gilbert, Everett

"Daisy" Blue, Phil Gilbert, Bob

Tondu, Jack Tondu, Jim Gilbert,

Lyle Gilbert


Front Row: Raymond "Red"

Knudsen, Wayne Gilbert

Arcadia Versus the Illinois Giants

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"The poster shows the earliest known

photo of Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe (front row, second from left), who would become a Negro League baseball legend and six-time all-star, three times

each as a pitcher and catcher.


-- Courtesy of Pete Sandman,

Frankfort Historian

Who won? Local papers from

that period appear not to have

covered the game.

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