Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Search Results
2 results
for Baseball players--Gastonia
Currently viewing results 1 - 2
|
PAGE
OF 1
|
Record #:
15950
Author(s):
Abstract:
J. K. (Buddy) Lewis is in his first year of major league baseball, playing third base for the Washington Senators. Wade describes his life leading up to his entry into the major leagues. This article was written in 1936. Lewis would spend his entire career with the Senators and was selected for the American League All-Star Team twice. He retired in 1949. Lewis served as a pilot in World War II, flying over 340 missions and being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was inducted into the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.
Source:
Full Text:
Record #:
34289
Author(s):
Abstract:
In this article, the author reflects on baseball games at Sims Legion Park in Gastonia, North Carolina. Built in 1950 and renovated in 1977, Sims stadium has been home to many major-league baseball players and minor-league baseball teams. For the past seventeen years, Sims has hosted the Gastonia Grizzlies, a collegiate Coastal Plain League team.
Source:
Garden and Gun
(NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 12 Issue 3, June/July 2018,
p147-148, il, por
Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Full Text: