Comments on: 1936 Olympic Baseball

By: Wayne Hill

Wayne Hill — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:59:08 +0000

Thanks for your information about the game. Emmett Fore, Jr. (LF) was my uncle. He continued to play exhibition ball via USO/USAF to entertain troops in WW2. He was a lifelong resident of Houston and passed away in the 80s.

By: Christopher heady

Christopher heady — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 02:31:08 +0000

Les McNeese was my great uncle. Im very fortunate to see his name and knowing he was a huge part in Olympic history. there is a book that I recently saw with the Olympic sports mention in it but i don’t remember the authors name i do know the author is a female and she resides in Fla. i think the name of her book was sports revisited? Any info on the name of the book or authors name would be fantastic! we are very proud family to have someone who was a huge part of sports history!! There is a sports museum in Dade county fla which has his Olympic baseball memorabilia on hand.

By: Jay B.

Jay B. — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:35:33 +0000

There are a few photos of George “Lefty” Adams from Colorado State University’s digital archive:

http://lib.colostate.edu/archives/uhpc/results.php?q=george+adams&submit=Search

By: Kevin Graham

Kevin Graham — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:10:49 +0000

Travis, Thanks for the comment. It’s a great baseball story, and would make a great baseball movie as well.
Kevin

By: Travis Shaw

Travis Shaw — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:56:46 +0000

Hubert Shaw was my grandfather. Although he passed away when I was very young my father still has his collection of Olympic memorabilia as well as his uniform, a bat, and the ball from his home run. A German soldier apparently caught a foul ball during the game and came to the locker room to return it. I have some of the letters that the soldier wrote to my grandfather before the war broke out. He also has Jesse Owen’s signature in his Olympic scrapbook. Thank you for writing this wonderful article and for keeping the memory alive.

By: Guy

Guy — Tue, 24 May 2011 04:51:37 +0000

Dan would love to have a copy of the letters,, Mann is a relative of mine..

Guy

By: Kevin Graham

Kevin Graham — Sat, 07 May 2011 12:59:02 +0000

Denyse,
Thank you for the comments. As you can see by the previous comments I’ve heard from several other family members of players on this team. It’s a part of baseball history that not a lot of people know about. I only stumbled on it when I was looking for something else.
Your photo of the Olympic village has to be one of a kind, a great piece of baseball history. I’m not sure who that Jesse Owens guy is? I hope his signature doesn’t take anything away from your picture. LOL

Kevin G.

By: Denyse Galvin Gipple

Denyse Galvin Gipple — Sat, 07 May 2011 06:15:36 +0000

My grandpa was Grover Galvin. It was actually Grover Galvin Jr. His hometown was Rockford, Iowa. Grandpa was at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and I have heard that he had the choice to finish his senior year at college or play on the Olympic team. He never did finish college.
My son is 11 and just started playing baseball, so I was looking for some information on his great-grandfather for him, since Grandpa died a few years before he was born. Thank you for posting this information- I will look forward to sharing it with him.
My dad still has Grandpa’s U.S. Olympics uniform. Quite uncomfortable looking! He also has a beautiful picture of the Olympic village. The picture had a matting around it and my grandpa had various other athletes sign it. Only one signature is above the picture and that simply reads “Jesse Owens, Ohio State”. It is a very beautiful keepsake.

By: Carolyn McAllister

Carolyn McAllister — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:04:00 +0000

Wonderful reading the article about my father, Bill Sayles. I never knew him except as a very young little girl, since he divorced my mother, Geraldine May, shortly after my sister was born in 1944. I was born in 1939 and remember him as a fun dad.
Carolyn McAllister

By: Kevin Graham

Kevin Graham — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:20:36 +0000

Dan,
Thanks for checking in. It’s great to here from relatives of these ball players.

Kevin