Hi, How can I find out about this baseball team? I don't know if it's affiliated with a school or a local team. I have a newspaper article that has a surname that I'm researching. Just has this last name of player. I think it would fit if S. 60th st. would be west phila. in 1921. Any thoughts, advice or direction of any kind would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Patti ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097

Hi Patti, I'd guess it was not a school team, as they played the "Strawbridge & Clothier Juniors" (S&C being a department store, so either they were sponsored by S&C or they were employed there). My guess, based purely on that, would be that yours was a neighborhood team (hence the name "West Philadelphia Cubs") for young adults (assuming they'd be matched age-wise against a "junior" team). But maybe someone from West Philadelphia will have actual knowledge of this... Claire K. On Feb 11, 2007, at 8:16 PM, P Valverde wrote: > Hi, > How can I find out about this baseball team? I don't > know if it's affiliated with a school or a local team. > I have a newspaper article that has a surname that I'm > researching. Just has this last name of player. I > think it would fit if S. 60th st. would be west > phila. in 1921. Any thoughts, advice or direction of > any kind would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. > Patti

I was born and raised in West Philadelphia and 60th St. was then and is now considered West Phila. (Cobbs Creek neighborhood now...West End then). I would be very surprised if any records exist for a "West Philadelphia Cubs" base ball team other than what Patti found....a short tally of a game's results. I can tell Patti what it was like in my era (1938-1960) and surely before that. 60th St. was the business district. Lots of little storefronts with families living behind and above their shops. By the 1920's and probably before that a great many stores were run by hardworking Jewish families. Our baker, tailor, shoemaker, etc. were all Jewish. The shoemaker would come out from his living room directly behind the shop to wait on you. I can still remember the wonderful aromas from the Jewish Deli. We Catholic kids had wonderful hot bagels long before they became readily avaiable and "hot"! I hope this isn't too far off topic! Mary McCanney Finley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Claire K" <seekay@comcast.net> To: <philly-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 12:30 AM Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] West Phil. Cubs 1921 baseball team > Hi Patti, > > I'd guess it was not a school team, as they played the "Strawbridge & > Clothier Juniors" (S&C being a department store, so either they were > sponsored by S&C or they were employed there). My guess, based > purely on that, would be that yours was a neighborhood team (hence > the name "West Philadelphia Cubs") for young adults (assuming they'd > be matched age-wise against a "junior" team). But maybe someone from > West Philadelphia will have actual knowledge of this... > > Claire K. > > > On Feb 11, 2007, at 8:16 PM, P Valverde wrote: > >> Hi, >> How can I find out about this baseball team? I don't >> know if it's affiliated with a school or a local team. >> I have a newspaper article that has a surname that I'm >> researching. Just has this last name of player. I >> think it would fit if S. 60th st. would be west >> phila. in 1921. Any thoughts, advice or direction of >> any kind would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. >> Patti > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >