Boone Born Major Leaguers (not Archer)

     Larry Lindmark's email Wednesday mentioned Jimmy Archer Field and later in the week, as usual, the Kornerman  received, from an unknown source, a Chicago Cubs 2017 baseball schedule.
     Also included was some information on Archer, who played lots of baseball in the Boone area in the early 1900's and married a Boone girl, Lillian Stark. Archer eventually became a major league catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Robins and Cincinnati Reds.
     Archer died at the age of 74 in 1938 and is buried in Boone's Sacred Heart cemetery.
     Archer, of course, had that close connection with Boone. However, he was not born here. Two individuals who were born in Boone eventually became major league baseball players. Buster Brown, a pitcher, was born in Boone in 1881 and played from 1905-13 for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Braves. Jerry McNertney was born in Boone in 1936 and was a catcher from 1964-73 for the Chicago White Sox, Seattle Pilots, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
     In addition to the Cubs schedule, Anonymous sent a detailed history of Jimmy Archer and also a copy of a picture of the 1904 Boone Miners baseball team of Boone. Archer was a member of that team managed by Frank DePew. The team played in the Iowa State League.
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     Marg Atherton Harvey, BHS-50,  reported in from Missouri. She wrote, "happy belated birthday. Glad to hear it was a good day. Since I am not listed in your death notices, I can continue this email. But, what I am really writing about is to thank you for doing your Kelley's Korner in big letters. I had to give you up for a spell so I am happy to be able to read it again. Thanks. Take care and happy writing."
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     The Kornerman received a detailed email from Gary Knox who wrote, "maybe you or a reader can answer the questions I got from Darel Browning, JHS-53. He played on a good Jordan basketball team for coaches Lokitus and Jerry Peterson. Darel is five years older than me. We recently found each other, have met and reminisced several times."
     This is all about various basketball gymnasiums in small Boone County schools. Gary wrote, "I played at Napier, Luther, Pilot Mound and Ogden and other area gyms in junior high and some in high school. I never played in the old Boxholm gym, just the new one. The Napier gym was similar to the Jordan floor, but Luther was super short and Pilot Mound was shorter than Jordan's and with a concrete floor. Boxholm was a cracker box which only Boxholm knew how to play in it. I don't remember either the Boxholm boys or girls ever losing a game there.  I do have memories of the various gyms, idiosyncrasies and their limits."
     The Kornerman doesn't have room this time to include Darel Browning's email/questions which go into detail about the size of gymnasium's, standard size and the size of some of those smaller ones like the old Jordan gym. We will save that for the next edition.
     Editors Note: The Kornerman recalls playing in the old Jordan gym. I believe it was a tournament game. It definitely was a small, (very) small gym. It seemed like Jordan's big Dave Cottington stretched his arms out and could practically touch each side of the floor at the same time.Well, that may be a slight bit exaggerated.......but you get the drift.
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Jason Richeson, 39, Boone. Boone area survivors include three children, Tyler, Zach and Allison.........Joyce Richeson, 68, Boone. BHS-66. Worked at Safeway in Boone and taught several years in Missouri..........Colonel Thomas Dahlgren, 94, California. Born in Boone. BHS-41. Served in the U.S. Air Force for 31 years prior to retirement in California in 1973.........Margaret Smith, 71, Boone.........Sherwood Selim, 79, Boone. BHS-57. Was a piano tuner and bike rider. Boone area survivor is a brother, Terry Selim, of Boone.
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