| Summary: | The Canada Goose likes Horsehead Lake for a resting place. of the devoted efforts of Odien Shelstad and Arthur Trautmann who served as President and Secretary, respectively, of the club from 1954 to 1959. For a number of years the Robinson Club was the only Wildlife organization in Kidder County. The membership during this period included men ■from Pettibone, Lake Williams, Tuttle and Rob- 'nson, and meetings were sometimes held in Tut- Te and in Pettibone as well as Robinson. In 1958 i club was organized in Tuttle which has since Provided that area with an active Wildlife program. Present officers of the Robinson Wildlife club include Arthur Trautmann, president; Charles Bowerman, vice president; Eugene Morton, sec- •*»*,.* *5*^ The Grouse is Native to this area retary; and Claud Sloan, treasurer. On the board of directors are Arthur Shirley, Dale Saltness and Robert Wells. FIFTY YEARS OF BASEBALL — by Glen Stenberg A definite part of Robinson and its past history was this game called BASEBALL. The complete history of the game is almost impossible to put into words and any incidents of mentioning of names not accounted for in this publication is purely unintentional. Baseball started in the vicinity of the year 1912. It is to the pioneers of the game that the many teams and players in the years that followed, owe their baseball prowess. Early players of the game are mentioned below: We cannot forget baseball enthusiasts like Carl Wick, who pitched, played, and managed in the early days. He also served as umpire and many of his games were caught by George Posey. Teams then were situated in Frettim Wilson Ranch, Cherry Lake, Buckeye, Lake Williams, Whitmore, etc. Many baseball observers picked the team of 1915 as one of the best teams in Robinson's history, although many good teams followed. Let us not forget the early managers like Pete Konningrud, George Mayer, Bill Wyatt, Doc Beard, Gilbert Wick Sr. and Lenard Dobbert who managed in 1932-33. It certainly must bring back memories to talk and read again about fellows like Lee Foss, Gun- der Gunderson, Frank Stringer and Denser Col- lette, who comprised one of the early infields. The outfield was composed of Alec Hetland, Jess Lewis and Harold Bullis Sr. Other early players included George Mayer, and Adam Legler — catchers; Mark Lewis and George Daniels, pitchers; Raymond Bullis — outstanding third baseman, 1st baseman and pitcher and Bill Sloan. These teams and players traveled even to Canada to play and at this time of the century George Daniels was getting $125.00 per month and Raymond Bullis was getting in the vicinity of $75.00 per month. That was a lot of money in those days but the crowds were tremendous and baseball was at its best. Max Lehman is not to be forgotten among the early greats. One game was played in Fred Neustel Sr.'s pasture, where Fred Legler used to live. Other early players included Art McDonald, Art Jarvis, Chick Clark, Dan Staberg, Eddie Seagren, Ted Prakel, Lloyd Severson, Shorty Anderson, Shorty Hanson and Wallace Posey. Pettibone and dangerous Sodbusters from up north supplied plenty of opposition in these days and baseball was a serious business. In a supplementary report of Verne Wells, secretary-treasurer of the Robinson Baseball Club for the season of 1926 — we find the following 59 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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