New Britain herald., 1930-07-23

If someone wanted to, but prob ably nobody does, he could organize a nice baseball team among the old timers who are active in the 1ndus- trial and Senior City leagues, lim- iting membership to veterans of not less than 5 years experience. The team should be able to make it in teresting for any all-star aggrega- ton in the game today for it would have hitting power and a good de- fense, combined with baseball brains and craftiness born of the best in- structor in the world-Old Man Ex- perience himself.
 Behind the bat would be Jack Schroeder of the Stanley Works and Mickey Noonan of the Stanley Rule & Level. Either could hold up his end with the younger backstops who are drawing the plaudits of the fans al Walnut Hill park and other fields about the city. in fact, Noonan is hitting as we'll this season as he ever could, and he was never exactly weakling with the stick. Schroeder, always a slugger, is giving the h. dustrial league batsmen merry around work is highly satisfactory. Tommy Blanchette, sturdy vet oran. is the mainstay of the West Ends in the City league, and with i Noonan or Schroeder holding him ] up, he could pitch good enough ball 1 to trouble any club in his class. l Eddie Goeb, left fielder for Landers, and Joe Fitzpatrick, first baseman ! for the same club, would be avail i able for relief mound duty when not playing their own positions. and ] Yiggs Patrus, Buggy Fitzpatrick and ! Red Campbell could take care Of shortstop. second and third bases with Stevie Dudack of the Gascos and Paul Schneider of the Stanley Works covering the outfeld with Goeb.
 In pinch, Artie Campbell of the Stanley Rule G Level might be drafted for relief catching and out field duty, and if one of the infeld- CTS needed a substitute, Larry Hinchliffe of the Stanley Rule &. ! Level would not be bad at all. Ray Begley Of Landers, good first base man and outtielder, might be tempt ed 10 don a uniform again if needed, rounding out a capable outfit, with ] Al BIanchette, utility man in the in field
 Such a team would bring together players who have been battling one another and fighting together on dozens Of clubs in New Britain for the past tWod ecades. Noonan, when he caught for the Pioneers. was Schroeder's rival when the lat ter was with the Independents. Joe and Buggy Fitzpatrick, Artie Camp bell and Larry Hinchliffe were teammates of Noonan in the old days. while Dudack and Goeb play cd side by side with the Indepcn- dents Ray Begley was a star with the Pioneers. too, while the Blan- chette brothers played with the old Annex in the days of their bitter rivalry with Poquonock, the East
 Ends and Tigers of New Britain. Johnny Wright, Corbin catcher, played With the IlGefS ol that per iod, and should be included in the old timers lineup, either behind the bat or on first base.
 Paul Schneider was a classy out fielder with the old Corbin Red Sox when Yiggs Patrus played second base, and Al BlanChette played first
 base. Going back even farther in
 the dim and misty past Patrus
 broke into the game as a shortstop
 for the Delphis when Abe Witkin
 managed the club and it was one of
 the first New Britain juvenile teams to have uniforms and regular
 schedule of games for the entire
 season. Buggy Fitzpatrick was the
 right fielder and Joe Fitzpatrick