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24 BROOKLYN EAGLE, APR. 25, 1943 Writes io Enlighten II -m7: 1. 3fc vvv'i urn Thomas Leonard Editor Old Timers: Thomas Leonard, you are hereby enlightened. Yes, Billy Huehn was one of the first vaudeville acts to appear in the first talkies. Now, let's get the name right.

He is Billy Musical Paddy Gives Alphabet Huehn. Some of the old-time adver tising men in the vaudeville Of Old Time Athletes Old Tuners: jline of sports. Not all the old- Let's get together in a hit timers that I name followed of a huddle, Old Timers, andjor rated to follow the particu- how manv name, nf in whi(h, adept. as a regular means of Great" and near-croat athletes )n yet in their day they of our old sand lot da.v wolwpiv rated first In my can recall. Fellows that "made! opinion they were "Great" theaters were somewhat care less in presenting the names and hilling of acts.

That is why there is some confusion about the so-called "old timer." Billy Musical Huehn not only is my li.it. i he adp" in hard loiieht cnn-l competitors. Here ipnlngy to all did a high-class single musical act: he appeared with his daughters in an act known as the Five with my sincere whose names may and so proved their worth have si; ped thi writing. my mind at Musical Comets. Both of his 'Hub Atx-l'.

offerings were high-class in every respect. He was, however, better known as Billy Musical Huehn. Incidentally, he is the GETTING ON This is a picture of Mike Leonard, the old-time boxing champ, which was taken in 1895. Mike, still hale, hearty, healthy and working, celebrated his 77th birthday on April 15. Brogan, Bat.k Cain.

Con. Chartm Clark. Coakley Cummin Dowlinc Doylf. Dpvlin, Danfon. Ennaht, Eawardh Frazf r.

Fischfr. Fpi Arthur nti-tlmmont idlvtns champion). 0 Oroiv. Cilleaple. Heik.

Horrlsan, Hartlfy 1 Irvinf (from Uimr Park wchon). Jacklitscn. Joyce. Jensen. Jones.

Klvlin, Keren. Klu. Kirk L. Lenge, Lambert, tlddy (skates'. Lambrecht.

Mathews. McOovem. MoCormaxk (Dick) Heck It leems many fine old timer who could be very interesting if the spirit moved him. in eery way. Though lacking the many accomodations pro- ided for our present day crop of fine athletes, the oldtimers nevertheless delivered the goods whenever called upon.

I'll start it off and go down the alphabet and name some of the highly rated lads I knew or in action in and around different sections of old Brooklyn. I'll try to confine myself to the playing fields of Red Hook, The Creek, Gowanus, South Brooklyn, Bay Ridge Jfl lit fo. I Ml MMf lyrlHi'ftiilf ifli'' mummil hum jmJ Billy was out on the coast a few years ago writing acts to be used in some of the so-called how pictures. I learned that athletes come under inat I'll mopl naming- Individuals and jui.t add the Mohawk, tor they earned the right to be olared with the be.se i he is back East now appearing WISHES TO DISCUSS OLD NARROWS FERRY In regards to some of your Old Timers columns 1 would with a review. Am not sure of Waller and Tommy Nelson.

New- and Fort Hamilton so as you Mike and Jack' Ptton. Paxton' 1 ke to know if some nf your leave plenty of room for other contributors to the cVJm Qu" Old Timers would know of a this, but he is one of the real acts of the "two-a-day." Come on, Billy. Let's hear from one of the old guard of vaudeville. Are you still in liadi Pete. Bellly Tr.mFoan.

foiTV 1111111111' between I 'ni P.rookl.vn Kagle. Brooklyn fo many "Champs" and "near! gasman Hamilton ami Clifton in the old davs that I Rosehank. S. I. Thi- ferry was Champs" U-Max Ulman iwrestling champion rill 1 ill the par of 1 and the B.

R. memner. Ozone Park? Laughologically yours. IN' CLARK MURRAY 151 Decatur Brooklyn Charley VachrU i.ut i u-m- "i OhKK Wftherelt. Burntr f() Tinwr; Omiilri know nf this 1 feel sure our learned Hempstead contributor, who stated he could recall only one "Great" athlete emerging from its sandlots, is due for a most j.

vvira, unit, ana Binnv wninwriant 33 Editor Old Timers: tlfall, facing the old annex or: Dutch scholar and theologian.jbeing made to make a museum The enclosed is a sketch, 1 1 academy built in 1787. In the in whose honor the school wasiof this old building, made quite, a few years ago of! center of the picture is the'named. HAROLD CARLSON, a familiar scene at Erasmns'statue of Erasmus, the famous! I understand plans are now) A1! E. 4th Brooklyn IS. 1 usually used to mark iWjK'IIV alio 1 union lose to nrm Upot or represent the unknown, and tilk tmIM come of them I have one thia thought In mind an I hav listedl rn s-omc 01 tin in.

I navt out. lone football team under the letter M.j of the original tilt 10 tallies from in all fairness I now list the i i i m. team under the armbol until learnithlS feiT.V llllC and UOUld like this ferry line and would pleasant surprise. And when Henry L. Klingler of the Bush to show it to them.

was Henry B. Simmons, Abel illlUir UUUt Ullr If ill. J1U Ul lered. Bill and Jack Young, fwimming chftmpiona nf old Bushviile On the time table it shows Smith Post 435, Department of New York, G. A.

and his that the electric cars of the 7. Billy zipp. uitch Zimmer, oine Zahn. wick section along with Wiz Mcehan and the many other well informed writers on such subjects send in their lists, well that pleasant surprise will lie doubled in Spades. The i Brooklyn City and Nassau Elec- grave is in Cypress Hills Ceme if it a true that uie team from the; trie Railroad companies ran to ShjeJtemembers Civil War Veterans Editor Old Timers: father was on the committee for one, remember the, for that job for many years.

Civil War veterans. My father.jl remember they had a meeting Henry B. Simmons, was one. hall on Gates near Reid I remember when I was a Brooklyn. On Decoration Writes of George Gru Editor Old Timers: May I take up a little space in your column, clue to the fact I heard of George Gru, an attorney who is now of a venerable age.

I knew him in the early HOs when he resided at 22 Butler St. His son, Joe, and I were buddies. I wonder how many today recall the old days of the Butler St. Court ami l.r.,,. nv.nii l.n,,,.- 11.

-II I Presidential yacht Mayflower won i Thia f.r Mohawk. a claimed by Ktank Moran. one time ajiplrant tor heavywejalit US the NatfOWS fei'ry, tery. I have some medals nf my father's. If anyone would rare to have them I will be glad to send them to any one who ins nonors wnu piavt-u til uiai i i i let me My.

Mayflower never eiossed I UIMl ad VCt't (hlldi en UI1 Mohawks aoal line whlie Mor.awk ol" iri-r ('TOM tllff StfllWfirt thrpff touchdowns no'BKBT S. MORRISON. Tells of Assessment Editor Old Timers: The following is a reply to. David Malone about his inquiry "Dyker Beach Park Extension Assessment" in the Old Timers column. This assessment was City-wide and not an individual area proposition.

Your memory serves you correctly. I checked this, the other day, in the indices of the office of the city collector, running the period from the year 1910 to the year 1935. JACK SPIEGEL. 62 Hart Brooklyn 6, Mayflower erf little gill my father took my, Day, after the veterans got K'm would forward their address to McC-OKI Boulevard, Brook SS1S Ridge 1 vn PARKKR (PAI1HY) 2 IS K. J8th St.

Frank along with him:" marching, they wnud brother names I offer are chosen from many fields Vf action, baseball, ba-kelliall, boxing. football, running and broad-jumping, leaving the sandlots occasionally to select a Mar or two in ihe skating, swimming and diving contests we used to hold hack there in the old days. Prooklvn had numerous affi come back to the hall and have ill fill i in me. Mrs. ALTHE.V TOWELL (Formerly Althea Simmons.) 0111 Stith Road, Woodhaven 21 appeared before Justice Jamesi'" 111 ja wonderful dinner served to Tighe io plead some pf th' ans ithem and their families, with to Writer Provides His Version nate one's tac and never took! Then they did away with flow-j a fine program to follow which we all enjoyed le' ic and social clubs tha I certainly would appreciate a fee.

ers for some reason or other; AL'GL'STIN'E C. MORRIS, 'perhaps it was too expensive, 127-1 -10th South Ozoneibtit they decided to place flags iiOf Adrian Easeball Team Start it if you would place a flag on GOING PLACES?" PHONE MA. 4-6200 FOR IDEAS brought out the he-t in a fel Park 20. on the graves instead. Myimy father's grave.

His name Editor Old my O'Brien. Charlie Sc.hultz low and helped turn out many a pro, semi-pro and amateur contender in every and Tommy Monte. Sammy Jones, catcher; Eddie (Dutch) Zimmer, George Hyland and Ed Colgan, Charlie Srhultz and the party who wrote the first column of the Adrians don't say how the well-known Adrian Club, started. Let's start a long time ago 1 won't sav how long, but 1 re Al De Willis were the pitchers Hold on, girls and boys! Don't jump down my throat! I know Hops Salesman Lisls Breweries Old Timers: plenty of other fellows played KM member a baseball team called'ou lis team, but I have jus. of forgotten the name the Liberty Juniors from Court sort and Huntington who were'at the present time.

1 mention PROTECT YOUR The challonce by Mr. Coetz WWMJM) a pretty fair ball team. that 1 tan recall. played all team- in the neigh- I remember a fellow by the borhood and finite a few from ikuiio of Tucker plaved Ihe Point. for the nixies but I don't regarding Brooklyn breweries is easily by me.

as 1 have been selling hops for Vian.v years. There wetp 21 breweries in Some of the nlavei's on that remember when he came into team that I remember wereijthe lineup. I gue-s this bring Tom (Cutler) Cunningham, on now to the Adrian Hey Day base: Wa her (Woe) Bren- A small hut nice cluti was F.rookhn before prohibition, as WITH P0NTIAC SERVICE nan. second base; Job n.Martod on Huntington St. he tween Clinton and Court Sts.

I think ir was called the Adrian S. C. Most members of both (Chubby) Layden, shortstop; Henny Lessler, third base; Jack Keough and Ross McDonald, catchers; George (Gullah) Walsh and Willie (Doe) Doheny, pitch ball teams were members of this club. I guess from here we had the ball team that trav- ers: Harold Uaiiytace) ronin retnemberjeled all over Brooklyn and but 1 do C'neen-, playing different teams. outfielder.

I don't the other outfields. remember the two pitchers, Doheny and very well. The team that I recall moM was a team by the'name of the "Kiwanis Democratic Club." Doheny, with bis assortment oh bo! What tunes we nf curve--, called one of his ni.His pitelv- a "blooper -t-i I to li.ive when traveling to nlav that team I mean before follows: Congress. Diogenes. Leonhard Eppig.

Kxcelsior. Joseph Fallert. Frank Brewery. Franklin. Otto lltiber.

India Wharf. I niei boro. S. I.iebmann's Melter Bros. I.ennhard Mirh.tl.

l-'errlinand Muenrh. North American. Ohermeyer Liebmanri. Tie! Brlis. H.

R. St bat man Son- Stra-ser v- Schwing. Streeter Denison. John F. Trommer.

William Timer. Welz Xerwpck. I do not remember any Cooper hrewery, as stated by Spiegel. POLHI ORF.R. fill E.

P8ih Rrooklyn 3. and after the 1 can Pop pulling his hair everv time 1 think of it. They traveled to Queens and nlavod teams 1 lint, were play Walsh had his blazing ball, and what speed! This team played of its games down on the coasivvise lot at the foot of Clinton St. When this team disbanded iuot of the players went with other teams. Some of the players started to hang out on the corner of Huntington and Clin ing in the Queens Alliance League and don't forget thi team was always invited to come back and play any time jthev had an open date.

How ton Sts. This is where the bout helping out and let me Iknovv Mime more teams that Adrian B. B. C. started.

Some of the Liberty player joined this team. The firt remem- ithis leant ued to play? Well. II voii are anxious to A Ptodutt 4 Central Motors of the players on l.o.. tli.o nl.j.'ofl lha I I HO VV M. B.

C. were a nice bunch of this team. I hope I'm right, if not 1 know Mime of the rlay- fellows, ami all were good ball Adds to Brewery List Editor Old Timers: I rrl OO i I 1 U'rilll Mll'lil'l 't. i. i ii din in.

11 I 1 help me out: 't am rifrhti- aid i'i tn.t The growing number of Pontiac owners who will use nothing but authorized Pontiac service is based on a simple fact: They ret the best service and it costs them no Rohhio McCIernon. lb: Rav Sweenev. L'b: Pinny Fitzpat- Reading lat Sunday's Old-timers page on naming Biew-enes in Brooklyn I think the experts left out a few such as: base: Ray Sweeney, seeond base; Hennie Lessler. third hase; Jerry Conklins. shortstop.

Playing in the outfieled were rick. H. Le-sler. Conklin. Teddv Wagelie and (GSw it Andv (l-'i-ln Ruggiero did the vveiz ann (Dutch) Cunningham i icalching.

The pitching wa i rt h-ai Wvkoff Idone by i-ied (Bitsy) Driver. inn mi itdvcimi auti i t'ii. Ftldie Smith ami George Hy i Loftus. TetJdy Wagelie and; Wvkoff Aves. Diognese Brewery Ave.

Fallerts Brewery, St. Ennies Rrewerv. Meserolei ndy (Fish) Ilugciero shared; the catching duties. Fred; Our prices on all operations are strictly competitive and in many instances, less. That's because our mechanics trained by factory experts and using specially selected tools can do your work much faster and maintain highest standards of precision; We use factory-engineered parts for the right fit and the right performance.

You benefit by our experience when it comes to tracing trouble. We don't have to guess. And we do only the uork called jor which keeps costs to the minimum. Every day owners who tried other service are, coming to us. They like the treatment they are getting.

And so will you. land. ITaving the outfield we had Tom i Dutch I Cunningham. Walter Brennan. Johnnie Loftus; also Gene (Porky I Hae-lin.

I you want to know whv itidn't mention the name (Bitsy) Driver. Eddie Smith Hittlemens, Biewerv. around! and William (Bucko) Lane did the pitching St. Excelsior, Pulaski St. Mavbe Augustine Morris of The above are some of uleiof William (Buckoi Lane at I players that 1 remember Ozone Park remembers the L'ties othprs; tinw- above breweries if they are.u,an am willing to be wrong 1 ianv po-ition.

I gues Bucko didn't know himself where he was eoing to play hut when he jrlid he alvvavs gave a good of him-e'f. Even when j.he ii.nl t- take up the burden and my can 1 anv 1 hope beeau- f7 HJtm-MIk Drh. fltmfr Guards mnj hitf itdnttll Jrrei mftmrnal ail models ml sddilmtl CM GOOD rertrd. ONE WHO I.1KF.S A GLASS OF BEER. iwnuldti't want to hnc who playeil this team phcirr-j when linr.gs go! Wm now come to the Dixie 't h.rcet Tom i Pop itianKies, a team mat wa plaved hall with th! te)rtea heca'i-e )lemv of Wants Address Ldi'nr Old I have received a If M.

Wise of Valley Stream. a'-o took i tot of 1 vn to merrier, i -1 mil to uie llltl 1 e-; rem when the Adrians were plav-lo vv, u. j.iii.. "i iiiv nt" (i i i ir- ci ou it for 1 1 CM IT UCTORMMGWU" PUTS Vile isriiK r.gbt-..XV to the rigid to ouf mech.oic Is 'JrVX yo- -nd containing rare mementos of. very good players, and my know at one time he wa the! bygone days, for my scrap book.

opinion should have played; manager. A fellow by the! No street address was on thejwith the Adrians. As EM Col-i name of McPartland also played' letter, ana wrote to arjove anaa-i wioie, ineie was piemy ot.with this team, also Joe Granv; eotunS M(ir IHEIICt MSDICI fOI PEACE-THIN III tOtll tClil HON IN llttt nvairy hctween these twnns? Kitz Fitzpatrick. the last! it just to valley Stream, but it was returned for insuffi Valley teams, dui inen.isnip was al-jtwo deceased bless them' ways good. iOihors mav have jtiaved now 1 wonder if I Can put the o'd Ihrn us Ed Conlan writer cient address.

My good friend Ed Butterfas of l'W Munro Boulevard. Vallev Stream, isjDixie Triangles on the iield hi KINGS COUNTY AUTO SALES 4 I -nre forrjet them new 1 know SERVICE INC ALPINE MOTORS CORP. RMh A IKth Rr klm. T. ATLANTIC PONTIAC INC.

MUTUAL MOTOR SALES, INC. 11 Manhattan Am. Braaklra T. SHORE DRIVE MOTORS, INC thi nia, stmt Brikti. IK.

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FLATBUSH PONTIAC, INC. t3'2 rtth.h Brnokl'll III. T. i a i Ii-vin5 to locate this jiarty for' I'll try. Robbie McCIernon.

I The me. In th" mean'ime if M. Wnc base: (Moie) II. this, p'ea-e pih your ba-e. Joe i Red' ar.d homp addre-s to tt'e i HENRY L.

KLINGLER. Fit pat rick, third ba-e. In S94 Bushwick Ave. Brooklyn 21. outficii were Al 0 Bnen, Jchn-I MONTROSE MOTOR SALES CORP.

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