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Baseball in the way-back

By Mike Watson

Baseball became popular during the Civil War era and our interest has never waned. There was a time when every community in Adair County fielded a team. Teams traveled to play, and occasionally played out-of-the-county teams in surrounding areas. This popularity continued into the 1950s. Perhaps television, easier modes of travel, and other entertainment caused the decline in local teams.

Here is a short item from the Adair County News, September 7, 1898:
"The Gradyville second nine baseball team played the Breeding team last Sunday afternoon. The score was 19 to 3 in favor of Gradyville. The Breeding boys should practice up before they send us another challenge." --Gradyville correspondent to the News
Does any reader have photographs of an old ball team they'd share with us on ColumbiaMagazine? --MW




This story was posted on 2019-06-27 08:44:12
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Gradyville Baseball, Summer 1951



2019-06-30 - Gradyville, KY - Photo courtesy Kenneth Scott, via Mike Watson.
Mike Watson writes, "Thanks for the response to the request for baseball team information and photos. Kenneth Scott came to the library earlier this week with a great picture of the 1951 Gradyville Baseball team and identification for all the men included."

Back row, left to right: Holland Coomer, Carl Breeding, Eugene Moss, Marvin Breeding, Edgar Richards, Cecil Rogers, J.W. Keltner, Tulsie Coomer, and Kenneth Scott.

Front, left to right: Louis Rogers, Hootie Gist, Phillip Keltner, Eugene 'Chirpie' Nell as manager, Jiggs Parnell, and Short Burris.

Contributed by Kenneth Scott, only surviving member of the team, 27 June 2019. According to Kenneth, there were several teams at the time, including Garlin, Portland and Milltown.

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