Ebook394 pages5 hours
Mrs. Morhard and the Boys: One mother's vision. The first boys' baseball league. A nation inspired.
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
()
About this ebook
The loving biography of a dedicated mother in Cleveland, Ohio, who started America’s first boys’ baseball league during the Great Depression.
At twelve years old, Josephine Morhard left her family's Pennsylvania farm to start a new life. After settling in Cleveland, she survived two bad marriages and became a single mother to two young children. When her spirited son started getting into trouble, she came up with a novel plan to give him the structure and sense of purpose he needed. Out of a dream, an empty lot, and the enthusiasm of other neighborhood kids, Josephine established the first boys’ baseball league in America.
Beyond all expectations, the Cleveland Indians rallied behind her project. Future baseball legends Bob Feller, Jeff Heath, and Roy Weatherly helped hone the boys’ skills; renowned sports reporter Hal Lebovitz pitched in as an umpire; and they were even allowed to play in historic League Park.
As Josephine’s Little Indians graduated into the Junior American and Junior National Leagues, and finally a Little World Series, she helped them develop strong values and a sense of accomplishment. Some of them, like Ray Lindquist and Jack Heinen, even made it to the Minor Leagues. Mrs. Morhard and the Boys tells the unforgettable story of her dedication and lasting legacy.
At twelve years old, Josephine Morhard left her family's Pennsylvania farm to start a new life. After settling in Cleveland, she survived two bad marriages and became a single mother to two young children. When her spirited son started getting into trouble, she came up with a novel plan to give him the structure and sense of purpose he needed. Out of a dream, an empty lot, and the enthusiasm of other neighborhood kids, Josephine established the first boys’ baseball league in America.
Beyond all expectations, the Cleveland Indians rallied behind her project. Future baseball legends Bob Feller, Jeff Heath, and Roy Weatherly helped hone the boys’ skills; renowned sports reporter Hal Lebovitz pitched in as an umpire; and they were even allowed to play in historic League Park.
As Josephine’s Little Indians graduated into the Junior American and Junior National Leagues, and finally a Little World Series, she helped them develop strong values and a sense of accomplishment. Some of them, like Ray Lindquist and Jack Heinen, even made it to the Minor Leagues. Mrs. Morhard and the Boys tells the unforgettable story of her dedication and lasting legacy.
Author
Ruth Hanford Morhard
Ruth Hanford Morhard is an experienced writer and marketing/communications consultant specializing in early childhood care and education. For more than ten years, Ruth has served as a consultant to Starting Point for Child Care and Early Education.
Related to Mrs. Morhard and the Boys
Related ebooks
Willie's Boys: The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, The Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Year of the Blue Snow: The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies: SABR Digital Library Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStolen Season: A Journey Through America and Baseball's Minor Leagues Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Few and Chosen Cardinals: Defining Cardinal Greatness Across the Eras Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHanging Curve: A Mickey Rawlings Baseball Mystery Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Road to Omaha: Hits, Hopes, and History at the College World Series Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGood Enough to Dream Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Innocents: The Collision of the Turbulent Sixties and the Los Angeles Dodgers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We Would Have Played for Nothing: Baseball Stars of the 1950s and 1960s Talk About the Game They Loved Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Final Season: Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Whiz Kids: The Story of the fightin’ Phillies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUrban Shocker All-Stars: The 100 Greatest Baseball Names Ever Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGangster in our Midst: Bookkeeper, lieutenant and sometimes hitman for Al Capone. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Day in the Life of Roger Angell: Parodies and Other Pleasures Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5No Ordinary Killing Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Leisureville: Adventures in a World Without Children Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Case for Barry Bonds in the Hall of Fame: The Untold and Forgotten Stories of Baseball’s Home Run King Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCasey at the Bat: The story of my life in baseball as told to Harry T. Paxton Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBelva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wingwalkers: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAll the Dreams We've Dreamed: A Story of Hoops and Handguns on Chicago's West Side Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You'll Never Find Us: A Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNinety-Nine Iron: The Season Sewanee Won Five Games in Six Days Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBig 50: San Francisco Giants: The Men and Moments that Made the San Francisco Giants Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWandering through Life: A Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mouth That Roared: My Six Outspoken Decades in Baseball Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Captain & Me: On and Off the Field with Thurman Munson Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stealing Games: How John McGraw Transformed Baseball with the 1911 New York Giants Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When Your Wife Has Tommy John Surgery and Other Baseball Stories: Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Sports Biographies For You
Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis--Lessons from a Master Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organizaion Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Baseball 100 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Things That Make White People Uncomfortable Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5LeBron Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ball Four Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tiger Woods Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Season Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Racing to the Finish: My Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Birth of The Endless Summer: A Surf Odyssey Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slash Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5MOX Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Agent You: Show Up, Do the Work, and Succeed on Your Own Terms Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Summary of Kobe Bryant's The Mamba Mentality Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPlaying for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Imaginary Girlfriend Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThin Ice: The Complete, Uncensored Story of Tonya Harding Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Mrs. Morhard and the Boys
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
1 rating0 reviews
Book preview
Mrs. Morhard and the Boys - Ruth Hanford Morhard
#*O_ book_preview_excerpt.html }ےF9f=wd2#)RifedUABpVI0/9 T7kk;+@"2.ɯN_?~?
!߽}YWX=k7/շŷ_ǰc.7yocfS=Z۾OSBWBiSmIwx
8b{ܱ[u觪OXgoXȞk=NE:PlMuǏmϛpxxG}+T!
6Tݵӡ
_=7;N3bڛXN36~nMuj".)b{^aU{