East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1958-07-24
By Bob KeefeY

Everything is in readiness
for the outstanding event Of the
East Cleveland baseball season
the Fourth Annual Amateur
Day program on Sunday, July
9th. Chairman Chuck Thom-
son and his staff Of hard-work-
ing assistants have worked out
the many details of the all-day
program but the success of
their efforts depends on two
very important factors-a large
audience and good weather.
The ten-hour sports extrava-
ganza will feature three all
star baseball games, two soft
ball games and a swimming
meet in which local swimming
talent will compete for trophies
in eight different events. Start
ing off the days activities at
noon will be a Little League
game in which the East Cleve-
land All-Stars will meet the
Wickliffe All-Stars. At 1870
p. m. the Pony Leagues move
into action with the East Cleve-
land top perofrmers facing an
All-Star unit representing the
Euclid Pony League.
At 800 p. m. the scene Of ac-
ton moves to Shaw Pool for
the swimming events in which
boys and girls from III COM
pete in free-style races. Follow
ing the aquatic competition, the
final baseball game on the af-
ternoon portion of the program
takes place on the Shaw Field
diamond with the East Cleve-
land Colt League All-Stars op-
posing a strong team from the
South Euclid-Lyndhurst Colt
League.
The evening portion Of the
Amateur Day program gets un-
derway in Shaw Stadium at
600 p. m. when a softball team
made up Of managers, coaches
and scorers in the Little, Pony
and Colt Leagues comes to
grips with an aggregation of
umpires viii handle the games
in the ECLLI program. This
game should provide a maxi
mum of thrills, spills and
probably a few laughs as the
managing personnel cavort on
the temporary Stadium dia-
mond.
At 1880 p. m. the League Of
ficials will be introduced to the
crowd and trophies will be pre-
sented to the swimmers who
took first, second and third
place in the afternoon swim
ming events. There will also be
a drawing for door prizes con-
sisting Of merchandise donated
by local merchants. Winners
will be determined by drawing
ticket stubs deposited for the
anticipated 1000 spectators
who attend the Amateur Day
festivities.
The feature attraction Of the
program is scheduled to be-
gin at $3.50 p. m. when the world
famous King & His Court, a
four-man softball team, tangles
with the Metropolitan All
Stars. The King, Eddie Feigner,
is one of the most fabulous per-
formers in the sports world. He
and his three talented team,
mates have appeared in every
part of the country and in sew
eral foreign lands and their
diamond feats never fail to
amaze those who see them per-
form. The King has an unend-
ing assortment of deliveries in
cluding a few thrown blind
folded, while on his knees, from
behind his back and even from
centerfield. More than six mil
lion softball fans have seen the
amazing quartet play since they
became professional performers
in 1916 during which period
they have played almost 1900
games, winning close to 900
of them. The King has pitched
356 no-hit games during his
illustrious career, 118 of them
being perfect pitching efforts.
Following the regular game,
the King and His Court will put
on their hilarious "Shadowbal"
game, a comedy routine which
always draws plenty of laughs.
Eddie will also stage a dem
onstration of his pitching de-
liveries and sign autographs at
the conclusion of the program.
Amateur Day tickets may be