1925 Baseball — Married men defeat single men at Lake George

It was America’s game played for fun.

“The first baseball game of the season in this village will be tomorrow afternoon at Parrots Field when the married men will meet the single men,” the Lake George correspondent reported in The Glens Falls Times on May 17, 1925. “The game has aroused much interest, and it is expected that a big crowd will turn out to see the battle.”

The married men defeated the single men 15–7, The Post-Star reported on May 19.

In other 1925 baseball news collected from northern New York historic newspapers:

• Bob Grody, who won 17 of 21 games he pitched for the Glens Falls Giants in 1924, had a try-out with the Brooklyn Dodgers, The Post-Star reported on May 22.

“Bob Grody, a stocky pitcher with a hulking bag of smoke and steam, was at Ebbets Field displaying his waves to Uncle Robbie. The latter was impressed with the appearance, and with the Brooklyn roster one below the player limit of twenty-five, it is not impossible that Robbie may the youngster and send him to a minor league club in the search of more experience.”

Grody later played minor league baseball at the AA and A level in 1927 and 1928, according to baseballreference.com.

• “There will be an exhibition ball game held May 10th at Weed Park at 3 p.m. Benefit game for the 1925 baseball association. The All-Stars against the Machine Shop. Admission free,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on May 7.
• “The first game of baseball this season played on the diamond of the Champlain Silk Mills on Thursday evening of this was won by a team managed by Bob Hoy. The score was 7 to 2,” the Whitehall correspondent reported in The Glens Falls Times on May 23. “There have been several teams organized in the Champlain Silk Mill, which play these games after work. These games promise to be very interesting as the season progresses.”
• It was a paper mill father and son baseball rivalry at Ticonderoga.

The Lower Mill Firemen, managed by Byron Miller, defeated the Lower Mill Freighters, managed by Reginald Miller, son of Byron.

“Out of eight games played thus far in this season, they have won six, which places them in Class A Plus,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on May 28, “We believe the sweat out those boys get at their regular jobs places them in prime condition for the ball field.”

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