Kevin Dayhoff - The Tentacle: Sarasota Snowbird

February 24, 2010

Sarasota Snowbird

Kevin E. Dayhoff http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3620

Sarasota FL – The Orioles’ pitchers and catchers took the field last Thursday for the first day of spring training in their new training facilities in Sarasota after spending the pre-season the last 14 years in Fort Lauderdale.

Life has been tough in Maryland for the last several weeks. The temperatures have hovered in the 30s with snow piled up to our waists.

When the going gets tough, the tough go to the first day of spring training workouts at Ed Smith Stadium in sunny Sarasota.

While friends and neighbors shoveled snow, I toughed-out the woes of winter by watching palm trees swaying to a light breeze and listening as the sea gulls volunteered play-by-play commentary with the temperature in the lower 70s.

Baseball has a rich history in Maryland and remains a summertime favorite for many – from all walks of life.

Baseball has always been a favorite topic for many local history writers. And why not – writing about baseball is fun.

It has everything to warm the keyboard of a writer including summertime, arcane statistics, intrigue, colorful events, talent, family, and friends. Articles about sports are fun to read and sports writers are some of my favorite writers....  http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3620

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The Union Bridge 4th of July Celebration in 1920

The 4th of July Celebration in Union Bridge

Union Bridge Pilot, July 9, 1920.

With clear skies and cool weather, no factor except possibly the busy season, could figure against a large attendance at the 4th of July celebration last Monday.

Early in the morning persons from a distance began to arrive and by 9 o'clock when the first game of ball was called, a large audience was present to witness the battle between the "Foremen" and "Operators" teams, about which so much was heard the past few weeks.

The boys, whose ages ranged from 25 to 50 years, put up quite a creditable game and furnished continuous amusement for the vast throng which witnessed it.

At the close the score stood 20 to 7 in favor of the Operators. The Baltimore team which was scheduled to play the local team failed to arrive until noon and the first game was called at 1:30 p.m., ending with a score of 18 to 8 in favor of the locals.

A second game was called at 4:30, but only 5 innings were played when the score stood 4 to 0 in favor of the visiting team.

Easily the most outstanding feature was the army airplane in charge of Lieut. Philips, one of the most daring in the Aviation service. He was expected here at 10 o'clock and great crowds lined the landing field.

It was later learned that he left the Dundalk Fields for Union Bridge at 11:30. But as he lost his bearings he did not arrive here until after 2 o'clock, having been forced to land three times.

He first flew over the field and after performing a number of daring feats, attempted to land but as he considered the field too small, he landed in a field about a mile from town.

After being entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. LaForge, the gasoline supply was replenished, after which he came to town and engaged in the most spectacular loop-the-loops, tailspins, etc., sometimes several thousand feet in the air, and again among the housetops. Another plane which was slated to be here figured in an accident just the day before.

Union Bridge Pilot, July 9, 1920.

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