Reader’s father, George Meehan, was a pitcher for Cafémen and several other area...
Thurman Barrett demonstrates support of backyard chickens in what appears to have been an unpublished photograph for a May 23, 1930, San Antonio Light story about a court case over city annexation.My father, George Meehan, was a right-handed pitcher for the Public Service Utilities team, among many other teams he played for in the City Major League and other semipro teams throughout the 1930s.
I do not know for how many seasons they played as Bob Jones Café, but several were also with the Harlandale Athletics and Nu-Grape Bottlers during the ’30s, according to newspaper clippings my father saved.The City Major League was formed in 1931, “scrapped from the old City and Saturday leagues,” according to the San Antonio Light, March 28, 1931, with the so-named because nearly everyone else in the amateur leagues played on Sunday afternoon.
“Meehan on the mound” was a highlight worth noting of games your father pitched. From 1932, he was with the Harlandale Athletics, a team often described as “powerful,” with lengthy winning streaks. Their home diamond was Barrett Field, usually said to be “in Harlandale” or “on the Pleasanton Road.”
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