Recap of Fall Chapter Meeting
More than 20 SABR members and guests attended the Fall Meeting of the Halsey Hall Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research at TCF Bank on Lexington Parkway in St. Paul on October 18. The morning portion of the meeting included several research presentations:
In addition, Bob Tholkes provided a season summary of the Quicksteps vintage base ball team. During the business meeting at lunch, a motion was passed to amend the by-laws with the addition of the following sentence to Article I (Chapter), Section 3 (Meetings): A quorum shall consist of a majority of board members for meetings of the board of directors and at least 10 chapter members for semi-annual business meetings. The afternoon highlight was an appearance by Johnny Blanchard, an outstanding athlete from Minneapolis who played for the New York Yankees in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Johnny spoke and answered questions for 90 minutes, covering topics such ranging from offering to have a beer (and then a milkshake) with Jerry Kindall to Mickey Mantles final days to Phil Linzs harmonica to Whitey Fords secret for loading up a baseball. The meeting concluded with Howard Luloffs baseball quiz as Team Smith pounded Team Thornley.
Will spent seven years in Washington, D. C., as a student before returning to the Twin Cities. He is now the operations manager of the Campus Center at Macalester College in St. Paul, making sure that events function smoothly. While in Washington, he attended several meetings of the Bob Davids SABR Chapter, and he has also attended SABR conventions in Toronto and Cleveland. Will shares his January 13 birthday with Kevin Mitchell, Elmer Dessens, Fred Schulte, Steve Comer, Bob Forsch, Larry Jaster, Cactus Keck, Goat Anderson, Jersey Joe Walcott, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The Halsey Hall Chapter also welcomes new member Ed De Celle, who was recruited by Joe OConnell.
November 22Hot Stove Saturday Morning, Bakers Square, 66th and Xerxes, Richfield, 9:00 a.m. For more information, contact Mark Johnson, 952-831-1153, baseballbooks@comcast.net. December 6Book Club Meeting, Barnes & Noble, Har Mar Mall, Roseville, 9:30 a.m., Crazy 08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History by Cait N. Murphy. For more information, contact Tom Dolen, 651-483-8617, or Art Mugalian, 612-721-2825,
amugalian@comcast.net.
Halsey Hall Chapter Halsey Hall Chapter Web Page: http://halseyhall.org
Halsey Hall Chapter E-list/Message Board: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/halseyhall
Past issues of The Holy Cow! are available at http://halseyhall.org/pubs/holy.html
Chapter History: http://halseyhall.org/officers_history.html
Chapter Procedures and By-Laws: http://halseyhall.org/bylaws.html
Society for American Baseball Research: http://sabr.org
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