Iowa-Missouri Walnut Players Photograph

Photograph

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Iowa-Missouri Walnut Players Photograph

Entry/Object ID

2020.13.5

Description

Iowa-Missouri Walnut Players Photograph. Color photograph. Ten men in sport coats in photograph. Back row: Sonny Page, Babe McGaughy, Ronnie Jillman, Jeep Kisby, and Bill Chandler. Front row: Davy McKinney, Nolan Japp, Art McGaughy Jr., Joe Mays, and Art McGaughy Sr. Fastpitch softball was a popular event during the 1950s through the 1980s. Teams played in places like Walnut Park and Drake Field. They came out to see their local fastpitch stars: Tim Reynolds, Herb "Rumpy" Lucas, Charlie Pusateri, Gilbert "Jeep" Kirby and Bill McKinney. Teams were sponsored by businesses like the Morris Plan, Polsky Motors, and Walnut Products. The teams competed in the Triple A and Double A fast-pitch leagues against local teams and teams from as far away as Brookfield, Missouri, and Topeka, Kansas. Typically league games were held five nights a week at Walnut Park With tournaments being played every weekend. St. Joseph had almost 200 fastpitch teams in the early '70s. In 1981 and 1985, St. Joseph hosted the national fastpitch tournaments. The rising popularity of slowpitch softball in the '80s helped kill fastpitch in St. Joseph and other places. Slowpitch required less skill and allowed more people to play.

Collection

Black Athletes

Made/Created

Artist

unknown

Date made

1950 - 1980

Place

State/Province

Missouri

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Sports teams, Sports

Search Terms

Iowa-Missouri Walnut, African American, Black History

Dimensions

Height

4-1/2 in

Width

3-1/4 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 17, 2020

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sonny Page

Person or Organization

Babe McGaughy

Person or Organization

Ronnie Jillman

Person or Organization

Jeep Kisby

Person or Organization

Bill Chandler

Person or Organization

Davy McKinney

Person or Organization

Nolan Japp

Person or Organization

Art McGaughy, Jr.

Person or Organization

Joe Mays

Person or Organization

Art McGaughy, Sr.