"Chief" Halftown, a Seneca tribesman from upstate New York, was also a professional bowler and spokesman for the Brunswick Bowling Manufacturing Corporation.
2. Twins were an advertising shtick for Doublemint Chewing Gum. A Saint Paul, Minnesota, cosmetics manufacturer also used twins in its advertisements, "Which twin has the _________"?
Toni Home Permanent.
3. A major league catcher later was a team co-owner and the longest serving MLB team manager. Who was he?
Cornelius McGillicuddy aka Connie Mack.
The longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history, he holds records for wins (3,731), losses (3,948), and games managed (7,755), with his victory total being almost 1,000 more than any other manager.
Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics for the club's first 50 seasons of play, starting in 1901, before retiring at age 87 following the 1950 season, and was at least part-owner from 1901 to 1954. He was the first manager to win the World Series three times, and is the only manager to win consecutive Series on separate occasions (1910–11, 1929–30); his five Series titles remain the third most by any manager, and his nine American League pennants rank second in league history. However, constant financial struggles forced repeated rebuilding of the roster, and Mack's teams also finished in last place 17 times. Mack was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York in 1937.
4. There was park a short block away from the Riverside Washington Street schools complex. If one stood looking in the direction of the school, the street running alongside the park to one's left often was the scene of a lawn game popular in Italy or France. What was the game? What was the name of the park?
Bocce: bocce ball, bocci, or boccie, is a ball sport belonging to the boules family, closely related to British bowls and French pétanque
Spring Garden Park.
