"Winchester's Boys of Summer" is on display at the Sheridan House Museum through August. The Museum is off Route #119 in Ashuelot across the covered bridge. The museum is open Sundays from 2-4pm and Wednesdays from 9-11:30am.
The town's baseball history began in 1896, when a group of brothers began playing ball in a cow pasture on their farm in the Westport section of Winchester. The earliest known team in town was known as the Thayer High School team in 1907. Many remember the AC Lawrence Leather factory, known as the tannery; but how many remember the state championship teams from 1946-1948?
The display outlines Winchester's baseball craze, which peaked in 1910 and 1915, a time when larger towns, including Keene, Brattleboro and Greenfield all fielded semi-pro teams. At one time, Winchester had 5 baseball fields and barnstorming teams would come to town to challenge local teams for a percentage of the gate including one of the old Negro League team, the Philadelphia Giants. Lots of history here for the old ball game.
All of that is gone now; but the memories live on at the Heritage House Museum. Come on by to relive some of these golden moments in sports history of our town.
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It's too bad we don't have anything like that in Winchester today. I keep wondering where the $50,000/year we taxpayers give to the ELMMC each year actually goes especially when there is a trust fund set up to run and pay for activities and expenses? What would it cost to start up an adult softball league for men and women like in Keene with some of that money?
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