Back (l-r):William Freestone (manager), Norman Carver, Glen Charlton, Fred Singleton, and Elmer Singleton.  Middle: Clair Folkman, Dick Skeen, Albert Sharp, Abe Maw, Milo Ross.  Front: F. Skeen, Walt Moyes, Arnold Taylor, Lynn Stewart, Theron Rhead.

The caption to this newspaper clipping read as follows: “Favored by Many…Plain City’s hustling ball club has many of the bleacherites at the 1938 Utah farm bureau tournament picking it to walk off with the state title before the joust closes.”  The caption goes on to list the names of the individuals included in the photograph which I reproduced as the caption to the photo above.  I list the names just as they were listed in the caption for the photo.  The title of the article was “Plain City Clubbers Show Ability.”  The clipping is included in Grandpa’s clippings but we do not know exactly when it was published.  The team did end up going to Lagoon and playing Sandy for the state championship, but lost.

This team obviously played and practiced in Plain City, Weber, Utah.  Grandpa has told me numerous times how he used to play baseball.  With Grandpa just past 90, it is a bit hard to imagine him hustling after anything, let alone after a ball.  The other thing that struck me about this team is I expected them to all be much closer in age to each other.

Grandpa’s comments about this photo were, “Lost our last game.  1 to 0 in Salt Lake.”

William Sessions Freestone (1901-1998)  Manager.

Norman Elmer Carver (1919-2001)

Alfred Glen Charlton (1919-1974)

Clair Marcus Folkman (1910-1975)

Abraham “Abe” Edward Maw (1906-1985)

Walter “Walt” Jeremiah Moyes (1907-1983)

William Albert Sharp (1909-1984)

Bert Elmer Singleton (1918-1996)  For those baseball fans out there, Elmer went on to play 24 seasons in his career.  He played for teams like Boston Braves, Chicago Clubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Washington Senators.

Fredrick Lyman Singleton (1908-1955)

Elwood “Dick” Francis Skeen (1908-1977)

Frank Valdamar Skeen (1909-1986)

William Theron Rhead (1914-1999)

Milo James Ross (1921-2014)

Lynn William Stewart (1916-2011)

George Arnold Taylor (1911-2000)