Print, Photographic

Photograph

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Shanaman Sports Museum

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2002.39.01

Description

A black and white photograph of the Wood Realty Ramblers baseball teams. Bob Wood, bottom row to the far right, sponsored and managed both the Wood Realty Ramblers baseball and fastpitch teams. Jack Hermsen, No. 6 on left sleeve in back row, was a standout player for the Wood Realty Ramblers for their 1955 and 1956 campaigns. Hermsen enjoyed an eight year career playing fastpitch in the area, where he helped the Garman’s Spring Air Mattress team win the Puget Sound League championship in 1957. Jack Hermsen was inducted into the fastpitch category of the Tacoma-Pierce County Baseball-Softball Oldtimers Hall of Fame in 1987. Back row, L to R: Bill Bridges, Gordy Bendick, Gene "Chico" Thayer, Frank Davies, Jack Hermsen, Tom Royne, Dick Messo, and Lloyd Blanusa. Front row, L to R: Dick Webster, Wally Brebner, Dick Yohn, LaVerne Martineau, Lou Rickenbacker, Bob Wood (manager/sponsor).

Made/Created

Date made

1955 - 1956

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Baseball, Professional/Semi-Pro

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Bridges, Bill

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Bendick, Gordy

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Thayer, Gene "Chico"

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Davies, Frank

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Hermsen, Jack

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Royne, Tom

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Messo, Dick

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Blanusa, Llody

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Webster, Dick

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Brebner, Wally

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Yohn, Dick

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Martineau, LaVerne

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Rickenbacker, Lou

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Wood, Bob

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Wood Realty Ramblers