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60th
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Team photos inside
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By JEAN LOTUS
Editor
This year is the 60th anniver-
sary of Little League baseball in
Forest Park. A diamond anniver-
sary on the diamond.
In April 1952, The Forest Park
Review reported that Little
League was coming to Forest
Park.
A chance for local boys under
13 years old to play organized
baseball with uniforms and all
this summer has loomed up, de-
clared the Reviews front page.
By May, Emery A. Parichy, own-
er of the Parichy Bloomer Girls
baseball team, was elected president of Forest
Park Little League, along with officers Robert
Dowd, Roger William s and Otto Roeder. Some
250 boys tried out for four teams at Parichy
stadium, with Parichy vowing to create more
teams the next year so more boys could play.
The first coaches for the Yankees were Glenn
Schlicting and Bob Fowlie. The Cubs were
coached by Art Schwie and Bill Schloman.
John and Tony Zaphel coached the Phillies and
Boots Becker and Mike Red led the White Sox.
Names of those first boys from the past pop
up in sports coverage from the era, including
Bob Marema, Jim and Terry Hora, Ed Clapsad-
dle, Eddie Vince, Phil Barnes, Bob Feller, Ken
Rodeck, Arnold Siegert, Bob Murphy, Frank
Sible and Philip Wolfe, James Lienhardt,
Micky Herman, Wallie Notlin, Ken Hicks, Ellis
Mills, Richard Lolli, Gary Exler, Ron Havorka,
Bob Dowd, Billy Rose, Ron Buchanan, Paul Ta-
gliola and Paul Johnson.
The first season lasted nine weeks, end-
ing in a heartbreaking 4-0 loss in an All Star
battle with the longer-established Oak Park
Little League. But congratulations were had all
around as Oak Parks coach admitted that, the
Forest Park team is better than the River For-
est, Maywood, Franklin Park and some of the
state teams he has seen.
In 1952 Forest Park Review Editor Claude
Walker wrote, I notice that the sponsors of
the Little League are doing a good job training
nearly a hundred youngsters under twelve to
build healthy and strong bodies and inciden-
tally good minds.
We believe the same can be said of our Little
League coaches today for both boys and girls.
60 years of baseball history
REVIEW
F O R E S T P A R K
Editor Jean Lotus
Contributing Reporter Mark Rice
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*More team photos on following pages
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By MARK RICE
Contributing Sports Reporter
Ten year old Forest Park native, Dylan
Bart lett, came in first in the Pitch Hit and
Run contest at Wrigley Field on Memorial
Day. He was presented with a plaque, intro-
duced to the crowd during the pre-game cer-
emonies and may have a chance to compete
for a trip to the All Star Game.
I am happy that I won and now have a
chance to go to the All-Star game, that would
be cool, he said.
Dylan qualified for the Major League-spon-
sored event at Sectionals on Mothers Day in
Chicago Ridge. Dylan hit the target with his
pitches 6 out of 6 times. In the hitting con-
test, he batted off a tee and aimed at a line
in center field. He ended-up with the best dis-
tance and accuracy. Finally, Dylan ran from
second base to home in 9.25 seconds-flat on a
diamond with 90 foot base paths.
Dylan has been working hard for this
competition, practicing in batting cages at
Stellas in Lyons and having his dad, Kevin,
pitch to him in the Forest Park cages. Kevin
Bartlett competed in MLB Pitch Hit and Run
himself when he was a kid and ended up fin-
ishing second in his region.
Dylan plays for two different teams in For-
est Park: one is a traveling team and the other
is the Giants in the Minors. Dylan plays first
base and pitcher but his favorite position is
catcher, as White Sox catcher A. J. Pierzynski
is his role model. Dylan already has gotten
the chance to be on the field of U.S. Cellular
with his teammates.
About Wrigley Field, Dylan said it was
Awesome, a great experience. But I am still
a Sox fan.
After finishing first on the Wrigley Field
diamond, Dylan could someday be shagging
balls during the All-Star Home Run Derby.
With the support from his dad and everyone
in Forest Park pulling for him, Dylan has had
a Little League season to remember.
Baseball skills take
him to Wrigley
Forest Park 10-year-old scores rst
in Pitch Hit and Run competition
Courtesy KEVIN BARTLETT
HE'S GOT SKILLS: Dylan Bart lett won rst place in the Major League Baseball Pitch Hit
and Run competition at Wrigley Field.
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By MARK RICE
Contributing Sports Reporter
There was calm weather for a night game
between the minor team Forest Park Reds
facing another Forest Park team the Giants
Saturday, May 19. The Reds started strong
in the first with Jacob Morales stroking a
single and Nic Novak getting hit by pitch.
They both scored on a clutch two-out double
by Micah ONeal.
The Giants couldnt get anything going
against Reds starter Novak, who struck out
seven during the first three innings. They
didnt score until the fourth inning, when
Isaiah Silva, Lucas Christian-Dirks and Is-
mael McFall started the inning with three
straight hits. All three scored on Maurice
Jones double but he was tagged out at the
plate trying to stretch it to a homer.
Meanwhile, the Reds added six runs in
the third, two in the fourth and piled on
five more in the fifth. In the inning, Mo-
rales crushed another single, while ONeal
stroked his second double. Reds hitters like
Sam Marino and Lucy Kryger also showed
confidence at the plate.
Both Forest Park teams played well but
with the Reds having the hotter bats they
beat the Giants 15 to 5.
Victory in the
nal stretch
FP White Sox beat
Westchester Astros
By MARK RICE
Contributing Sports Reporter
On the evening of June 2 the Forest Park
Major White Sox hosted the Westchester As-
tros. The visitors jumped out to a one run
lead in the first but Collin Donaldson scored
on a double by Quinlan Doolin in the sec-
ond. Doolin later came home on a ground
out by Reggie Loury to take the lead.
Westchester exploded for six runs in the
third and home team fought back with three
in the fourth. Charlie Hoehne, Mark Ward
and starting pitcher Jack Doss all scored to
make it 8-4.
Relief pitchers Damian Marquez and
Hoehne allowed only one run over the next
three innings. They were helped by solid
infield defense. Loury made a diving stop at
shortstop and got up in time to throw out the
runner on a close play at first.
Meanwhile, Forest Park rallied in the
sixth, with James Hobson, Hoehne, Ward
and Doss coming home to tie the game 9-9.
The Forest Parkers were wearing their rally
caps as the teams battled into extra innings.
Finally, in the eighth, James Thompson
knocked in Hobson with the game winner.
Giants tower
over the Reds
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By MARK RICE
Contributing Sports Reporter
Two Rookie teams, the Yan-
kees and Rangers played at the
Park on Saturday June 9th. It
was an exciting close game,
with the Yankees leading 15-
12 after three innings. The big
hitters for the Yankees were
Henry Wagner, who scored
four runs and Nathan Canada,
Kelvin Grzelak and Kyle Bar-
ron each scoring three times.
The Rangers tightened up
their defense, with Harrison
Covarrubias making a nice
play in center field and Connor
Hoehne pitching well. Finally,
the Rangers came back and
won 23-17. They were led by
Curtis Horras, Sam Bland and
TaJonn Johnson, who each
scored four runs.
By MARK RICE
Contributing Sports Reporter
There was a loud crowd at the rookie game
between the Forest Park Rangers and Phillies
on Saturday, June 16.
The Rangers started off
with six runs in the first.
They also scored in the sec-
ond on a home run by Ta
John Johnson. TJ had a big
game with two home runs
and a double and also made
two huge catches at short. The
Phillies found five runs in the
fourth, with a nice hit from
Gavin Liesse sending three runners home.
The next inning, his teammate Richy Cassiani
made a tough stop on a ball up the middle and
made a nice throw to Gavin at first. The Phil-
lies continued to shorten the lead in the fifth
with some strong hitting by Gavin.
But the rally was stopped by a great play by
Morgan Reckamp. She scooped a grounder at
second and threw the runner out
at first. The Phillies also showed
tremendous defense in the fifth
on a double play started by
Mikey Racanelli. Mikey stepped
on third and made a perfect
throw to first. After holding the
Rangers to one run in the sixth,
the Phillies had their rally caps
on looking for hits. Nicky Tri-
cocis towering two-run triple
helped bring in their last three runs but it
wasnt enough. The final score was Rangers
26 Phillies 22.
Rangers beat Yankees
in rookies battle
Rangers and Phillies rack
up the runs
High-scoring Rookie game keeps the crowd cheering
Close game to
the end; Rangers
come back for win
Courtesy JOELLEN BURRON
FOCUS: Coach Jamie Johnson gives a tip to Rookie
player Ellis Allen.
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