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Havertown's Amos Strunk – World Series Champion, Philadelphia Athletics
Did you know Havertown had its very own World Series Champion? His name was Amos Strunk. Also find out about the Athletic Base Ball of Philadelphia's home opener, this weekend
It's baseball season! To celebrate the kick off of the baseball season and the Phillies home opener, we decided to publish an article about baseball.
Did you know Havertown had it's very own World Series Champion? Amos Strunk was born in Philadelphia and moved to 25 Valley Road, Llanerch, PA in 1915.
Amos started playing in neighborhood leagues and played semi-pro in New Jersey. He was asked to play professional ball for the Atlantic League. He wrote to Mr. McCloskey who was managing a team in Shamokin in the coal regions and played at Pottsville, Shamokin, Allentown, etc. He “breezed through that year and was scouted and asked to play for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1909.”
The Philadelphia Athletics won the American League championship in 1910. Amos played in the major leagues until 1925.
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From an interview with Amos Strunk in 1975:
“Baseball wasn’t like it is today (1975). For the World Series I think we got $3,000. Salaries were $3 to $4,000 a year – at a time when a nickel bought a loaf of bread! Top salary in the country at that time was about $10,000. For World Champions we got an emblem and some money.”
Margaret Johnston, former Curator of the Haverford Township Historical Society conducted an interview with Amos Strunk in 1975. To read the full unedited interview, go to www.haverfordhistoricalsociety.org/downloadsarchives/downloads.html.
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Also, slightly related to Amos Strunk and the "Athletics", it's the home opener of the Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia this weekend! The Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia plays "base ball" using 1864 style equipment and rules, and is sponsored by the Haverford Township Historical Society. So if you are looking for something fun to do this Sunday (April 7) at around 12:30 PM in Fairmount Park, come check out some “old timey base ball” next to the Please Touch Museum (corner of 41st and Avenue of the Republic). This event is FREE! Come check it out. NO GLOVES!
http://www.phillyvintagebaseball.org/schedule for all their games.
