Softball Game
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The First Worldcon featured a softball game, held at "Flushing Flats" -- a big athletic field opposite James V. Taurasi's home in Flushing. The teams were called the "Queens Cometeers" and the "PSFS Panthers" -- though the membership wasn't exclusively from the Queens SFL or the PSFS.
More details at New Fandom #6 p8-9.
Queens Cometeers:
- Sam Moskowitz (ss and captain)
- Langley Searles (p-rf)
- A. Meyers (1b)
- Stan Backrack (2b)
- Pete Racic (cf)
- Jimmy Taurasi (3b)
- B. Mosher (rf)
- Julius Unger (c)
- John Giunta (lf-p)
- Erle Korshak (sf)
PSFS Panthers:
- John Baltidonis (3b-P and captain)
- Jack Newton (2b)
- Jack Agnew (3b)
- Bob Madle (1b)
- Ray Van Houten (lf)
- Vincent Kidwell (cf)
- Will Sykora (p-rf)
- Art Widner (rf-p)
- Ossie Train (c)
- Mark Reinsberg (sf)
Mr. Charles Sykora umpired, Mario Racic, Jr., was water boy.
The score by innings was
| Queens Cometeers | 3 2 2 3 6 0 7 0 0 | 23 |
| PSFS Panthers | 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 3 1 | 11 |
Spectators included Jack Speer, Charles D. Hornig, Ross Rocklynne, Hyman Tiger, and Millie Taurasi.
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