Clarence “Fats” Jenkins – Negro League Baseball Player for Harrisburg
Clarence “Fats” Jenkins was born on January 10, 1898, in New York City, and died on December 4, 1968, in Philadelphia. He was best known as two-sport player, equally great […]
Leo F. Kanaskie (1885-1957) – Baseball Man of Shamokin
Leo J. Kanaskie died on July 31, 1957. During the era when local baseball teams were prominent in the greater Lykens Valley area, he established himself as a player and […]
Chick Fullis – Major League Baseball Player from Ashland
Charles “Chick” Fullis was born in Girardville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1901, and died in Ashland, Schuylkill County, March 28, 1946. He played all or part of eight seasons […]
Donald Klinger – Minor League Baseball Player from Hegins
Donald Klinger was born in Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in 1947. He was a graduate of Tri-Valley High School and then attended Rider University at Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where he […]
Tremont Baseball in its Heyday
A colorized newspaper photograph of the 1939 Tremont Miners, Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Pictured in the photo: Front Row: Russ Hand; Whitey Bowman, Betty Jones, bat girl; Luther “Lolly” Koch; Martin Miller. […]
Earl “Sparky” Adams – Major League Baseball Player from Tremont
Earl John “Sparky” Adams was born August 26, 1894 in Zerbe, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and died on February 24, 1989, in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He spent most of his […]
Shane R. Zellers – Minor League Baseball Player from Wiconisco
Shane R. Zellers was born in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1988. He graduated from Williams Valley High School, Tower City, and then attended Alvernia University in Reading, where he […]
Lykens Ball Park
An undated photo post card view of the baseball park at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The teams playing are not identified, but one of them was most likely from Lykens. […]