Old Timer's vs. Jaycees Baseball Game, 1967

JOHNSON, MONAGHAN, MARKLEY, NEWTON, GEIST, MCNEILL, HANNON, SKARDA, JETER, SHUPE, REYNOLDS, RINEHART, ADAMS, JOHNSON, NICHOLS, BRYAN, BRECKENRIDGE, GEPNER, FENNEMAN, DUNLANY, TERRY

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/12/2014 at 07:57:35

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, August 17, 1967

Big crowd watched old timer's game

Old Timers vs. Jaycees

The largest crowd of the season turned out Sunday night for the high point in the softball season. The crowd was entertained by members of the old baseball team that was one of the finest in southwest Iowa in days gone by.

Members of this team who were present Sunday night were Clare JOHNSON, Jack MONAGHAN, Jim MARKLEY, Sam NEWTON, "Lefty" GEIST, Joe McNEILL, "Pee Wee" HANNON, Harry SKARDA, Junior [JETER?], Blaine SHUPE, and Marvin REYNOLDS. Others [illegible, paper torn & deteriorated] Bill RINEHART, Melvin ADAMS, Andy JOHNSON, Lyndon NICHOLS, Bill BRYAN, Calvin ADAMS, Billy BRECKENRIDGE and Skip GEPNER. The manager of the team, Herman FENNEMA, was also present to make the line-up complete.

Another highlight was the appearance of Truman DUNLANY, who used to umpire some of the games for the old team. Truman umpired first and second and was involved in many "questionable" calls.

The fans seemed to enjoy watching the game as much as the Jaycees enjoyed playing in it. The old timers showed they could still hit the ball with authority, with many of them getting good clean hits.

Ayr Currents
By Jack Terry, editor
I hated to miss it, but fans who attended the old timers' game Sunday night reported it waas probably fun for the old timers, but I wonder about Monday morning . . . oh those aching muscles.

Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2014