OT.... Grave Site of Lefty Grove (and Other Major League Ball Players)

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

As I reminded David before & since, on our trip into Gettysburg we ate at Eddie Plank's restaurant. (Not his joint specifically as he died in 1926)
He was buried across the street in Evergreen Cemetery past the soldiers grave sites. A mere 100 yards or so from where we ate.

Next visit for sure, Jay. Am already jonesing for a hot dog at Ernie's.
Alexander Cartwright is buried in Oahu Cemetery in Honolulu. Twenty years living there and I never took a minute to visit his gravesite. Next time, and am always jonesing for local kine grinds.

[varsitycollectibles]

So this thread sparked a little project for me yesterday to find the grave site of Charlie Neal who is buried where I live in Longview, Texas.

If you'd like to read the story, you can find it at www.varsitycollectibles.com

Here is a picture of Charlie's headstone.

[leftygrove10]

Originally Posted by varsitycollectibles

So this thread sparked a little project for me yesterday to find the grave site of Charlie Neal who is buried where I live in Longview, Texas.

If you'd like to read the story, you can find it at www.varsitycollectibles.com

That's neat! Thanks for the picture and the story!

[sylbry]

This thread reminded me of MN SABR member Stew Thornley. He has been to grave site of ever deceased member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

http://stewthornley.net/#Graveyard

Not exactly on topic, but I travelled to Ravensdale, Washington because I had heard the cemetery there had been desecrated in the 1960's, when the former coal mining town was all but abandoned. The graveyard is still in a sad state of disrepair, reclaimed by the Cascade wilderness decades ago.

Tried to find Jack Muncie's grave site, he was Jimmy Claxtons' former coach in Ravensdale 1910-13. The first coach to integrate the local, Coal Miners League. Claxton began his career as a catcher for the local nine. Muncie was tragically killed in a mining accident in November 1915 along with thirty others. Many of them prominent town members listed in link below.

I could not locate it, and was heartbroken to see the sarcophagi of others spread around the heavily wooded area. Absolutely horrible, if you know of at risk sites please volunteer the time to assist in the preservation of history.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...ed=0CD8Q9QEwCQ