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Ron Rubinovitz was a guest at our chapter meeting in the spring of 1999 and spoke of his longtime friendship, via letters, with Jackie Robinson. Ron was featured in a March 30, 2007 article in the Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities regarding his relationship with Robinson. Steve Hoffbeck had an article in the Spring 2007 Minnesota History, “Instamatic Memories: The Beatles in Minnesota,” on the 1965 appearance of the Beatles at Met Stadium. Steve is the editor of Swinging for the Fences: Black Baseball in Minnesota, an anthology published by Minnesota Historical Society Press in 2005 that includes contributions from several other chapter members. Roger Godin will present a paper, “Eveleth’s First Champions: The 1932-33 Rangers,” at the Canada and the League of Hockey Nations conference in Victoria, British Columbia, later in April. The event is sponsored by the University of Victoria.
The next breakfast is scheduled for Saturday, May 12, 9:00 a.m., again at Bakers Square, 66th and Xerxes in Richfield. Let’s dedicate this next meeting to the memory of Herb Carneal and prevail upon Stew Thornley to tell us a Herb Carneal story or two. The Twins-Tigers game is scheduled at 2:55 p.m. on that day. For more information, contact me at 612-822-9638 or via e-mail at baseballbooks@comcast.net.
Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the meeting at 9:00. After the welcome and opening comments, Ray will speak and then answer questions. Ray served as the master of ceremonies in 1994 when the Halsey Hall Chapter unveiled a plaque on the site of Lexington Park, but this is the first time he will be attending a chapter meeting. Research presentations will follow Ray’s talk. Bob Tholkes will give a presentation on 1860 base ball, Roger Godin will speak on the 1924 Little World Series, in which the St. Paul Saints came from behind to beat the Baltimore Orioles, Dan Levitt will present Ed Barrow and a Third Major League, Mike Haupert will provide a salary and income analysis of the Negro Leagues, Fair Pay for Fair Play: A Preliminary Analysis of Race-Based Wages in MLB and the Negro Leagues, which was the basis for the Yoseloff-SABR Baseball Research Grant he received last year, and Anne Aronson, who recently return from a research trip to Australia, will present Not Just a Hit and a Giggle: Women’s Baseball in Australia. Registration for the meeting is $8, which includes lunch. There is also a meeting-only price of $5. Those wanting lunch must RSVP to Events Chair Howard Luloff at 952-922-5036, hfan77@webtv.net, by April 30. The group will attend the Twins-Red Sox game that night. Tickets are $23 each. To attend the game, send a check payable to Halsey Hall SABR by April 14 to Howard Luloff, 2509 Princeton Court, St. Louis Park 55416. (The tickets will be discounted if at least 25 people attend; if this happens, each person will receive a partial discount on the ticket.) Other events:
The SABR convention will be in St. Louis July 26-29. Adam’s Mark Hotel has a special SABR rate of $95 for a single or double room. Call 800-444-2326 and identify yourself as a SABR member to receive the special rate.
Nominations Sought for Board of Directors
New Member: Connie Hill Hailing from the Maple Row Stock and Dairy Farm, not far from Madison, Minnesota, the seat of Lac qui Parle County, Connie is now a patron services manager for the Minneapolis Public Library system and currently works out of the underground “Don’t Call It the Bat Cave” Walker branch in Uptown, a “proud member of the ‘Ten Buildings People Love to Hate’ club.” Connie has been to most of the major league stadiums that are still operating as well as quite a few that aren’t in addition to minor league parks from Tacoma, Washington, to Binghamton, New York. She was at a Madison (Wisconsin) Muskies game that including a bench-clearing brawl that involved Terry Steinbach. She notes that someone got shot at the first Yankees game she attended although she didn’t know about it until she read it in the paper the next day. At the last game she attended at County Stadium in Milwaukee, she was treated to two seventh-inning stretches (the second one in the 14th inning), and she was in the stands at the Metrodome when Eric Milton of the Twins pitched a no-hitter in September of 1999. Connie shares her July 14 birthday with fellow chapter member Ted Hathaway as well as Steve “Mr. February” Stone, Robin Ventura, Happy Chandler, Tim Hudson, Danny Walton, Earl Williams, Bob Purkey, William Hanna, Gerald Ford, Rosey Grier, Ingmar Bergman, Woody Guthrie, and France.
Quicksteps Set Schedule
May 12—Hot Stove Saturday Morning, Bakers Square, 66th and Xerxes, Richfield, 9:00 a.m. For more information, contact Mark Johnson, 612-822-9638, May 20—Research Roundtable, Perkins Restaurant, 4917 Eden Avenue, Edina, 6:00 p.m. For more information, contact Dan Levitt, 612-377-5154, danrl@attglobal.net. June 2—Book Club Meeting, Ramsey County Library, County Road B and Hamline Avenue, Roseville, 9:30 a.m., Jackie Robinson: A Biography by Arnold Rampersad. For more information, contact Tom Dolen, 651-483-8617.
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