tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10355109717188776862024-03-13T18:07:42.011-07:00Dresden Juveniles Ontario champs in '53This site developed by team member Dick Wright p, 1b, bl, tl, "the kid" a.k.a. "Commercial".Visit Wrights Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483348523633557317noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1035510971718877686.post-58534118825787022542008-08-08T19:33:00.000-07:002016-08-26T00:47:09.888-07:00Sports Hall of Fame Inductees<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2_NDdppORceV-O34QNILt3p3DQ9roszygLeazJgU6_OKzYIFSRY6PnDm4ad18T_LH0ybaFLhIWhkn_m9hDsLU93uklGKUpmRZwAgrvre7lUGtlwlzOENux9FVRst9krgpighJFP-D8A/s1600-h/54jrs).jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="508" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249826590655056242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2_NDdppORceV-O34QNILt3p3DQ9roszygLeazJgU6_OKzYIFSRY6PnDm4ad18T_LH0ybaFLhIWhkn_m9hDsLU93uklGKUpmRZwAgrvre7lUGtlwlzOENux9FVRst9krgpighJFP-D8A/s640/54jrs).jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 180%;">1953</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 180%;">DRESDEN JUVENILES</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Clark Wallace, 2b</strong> (d)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Bob Peters, 3b</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Bob Davis, ss</strong> (d)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Bruce Huff, c</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Floyd McCorkle, cf</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Dick Wright, p, 1b</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Larry Ennett, lf</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Jim London, rf</strong> (d)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Dean McLachlin, 1b</strong> (d)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Larry Browning, of (d)</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Carl Shaw, p</strong> (d)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Tom Ruckle, c</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Len Bedell, manager/coach</strong> (d)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Don Brooker, asst. coach</strong> (d)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 180%;">A TRIBUTE TO LEN, "THE CHIEF"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dSzM0C3ibRfTip5FLzdfAwq3O4LVIuXeiR3yqTKdlQEuAANG5NB6W3xYa0EzDizyh2O1__kD0vT3AWe6a6hQb3dNYRtCinW7w56U_y_rTo8pCaAdI4FJ0eTOTsW2xCEa0ZOGKFS659A/s1600-h/54jrs)+(3).jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="191" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247875795244061826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dSzM0C3ibRfTip5FLzdfAwq3O4LVIuXeiR3yqTKdlQEuAANG5NB6W3xYa0EzDizyh2O1__kD0vT3AWe6a6hQb3dNYRtCinW7w56U_y_rTo8pCaAdI4FJ0eTOTsW2xCEa0ZOGKFS659A/s200/54jrs)+(3).jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 201px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 161px;" width="161" /></a></span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 130%;">Coaching can be a thankless job, I know from firsthand experience. Come to think of it, who am I to talk? I never did thank Len Bedell for all the time and effort he devoted to coaching our Juvenile and Junior teams in Dresden in the early 1950s. To my knowledge, no one else did either.</span> </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 130%;"><b>While Dresden Legion sponsored us, Len was pretty much left on his own to manage and coach the teams which meant, in addition to onfield duties, arranging games, umpires and transportation for away games and liaison with sponsors and league officials. And, of course, who else but the coach to lug bats, balls and catching gear to practises and games, and who else but the coach to gather it all up again after wards. First to arrive and the last to leave, that was routine for Len. Always ready with a laugh. He never had a team uniform per se, just the same old baggy jeans and a T-shirt straight from work.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";">Len was easy going and noted for his hearty laugh, but his knowledge of the game and his ability to manage young players was not to be dismissed lightly. He was a strong field general and respected by his players. I do not recall even once when a player had a disagreement with him, and that's saying a lot considering the heat of competition at times</span>. <span style="font-family: "arial";">He knew his players well and juggled the lineups effectively to maximize their potential in game situations.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 130%;"><b>Len and his wife Eldine tried very hard to have their own baseball team but fell short by two players. Their seven children include Connie, Woody, Cynthia, Mary Melanie, Dean, Darcy and Tracy.</b></span></div>
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<b style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: 20.8px;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial";">Apart from his family, winning the Ontario Juvenile "C" (OBA) championship in 1953 was "The Chief's" crowning achievement. They both looked good on him -- and Eldine.</span></span></b></div>
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<b style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 20.8px;">So Len, this may come 60+years too late, but "thanks..." Hopefully Hack, Hook, Clarkie, Slats, Boo and Larry have conveyed that same message to you on the other side. <i>-- Dick Wright, "The Kid".</i></b></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;">OUR FAVORITE BAT BOY:</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Tommy "Beans" Craig</i></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20.8px;"><b><i>Jim Blackburn</i></b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;">OUR FAVORITE UMPIRES:</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Fred Peardon, Lonnie Mason, Pat Hinnegan</i></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;">OUR FAVORITE FANS:</span></strong></div>
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</span><strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Fred Steeper of "Raaaaa, tu, tu, tu, tu, taaa!" fame</i></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Lila McFadden, an umpire's worst nightmare</i></span></strong></div>
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<i><strong><span style="font-size: 130%;">Bill Johnston, Jim Manderson, Tom Whitson of Legion Branch 113, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 130%;">faithful collection takers</span></strong></i></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Mr. & Mrs. Red Blackburn (lawn chairs on rt. field foul line)</i></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Walter "Dyna" Dynes</i></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Elmer Pailing</i></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Harvey Hopkins</i></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Wid Bedell</i></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Bob Davis Sr.</i></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Jack London</i></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Tom Houston</i></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Carmen Peters</i></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Garnet Little</i></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Gerry Weese</i></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Doug Weese</i></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;">Pauline Elgie</span></strong></i><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Claudette Marks</i></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Dr. Lloyd Payne, driver</i></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Dr. Jack Woods, driver</i></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>Don Dusten, driver</i></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>The Girls from Wallaceburg</i></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>The Girls from Dresden</i></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>...and many others</i></span></strong> </div>
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