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Wine Hamlet Produces League Stars in Local Talent
Elsonville remembers Monday as a mining town turned baseball producer. Bob Williams of Nelsonville rose to the New York Yankees before retiring, with three Locke brothers and others reaching professional ranks in the era. The piece traces local players like Joe Lucke Frank Goodman and Deab Lecke from early Ohio leagues to higher levels, noting Williams’ ascent as a standout left hander in the American League.
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Bob Williams
Nelsonville
New York Yankees
Locke Brothers
Elsonville
Sept
Waedal
She
Levine
The
and Sons
Grey Attit
Prnk
Taylor
Stanis
Bess
Cate
CL Neclient State League
Montgomery
Southers
Joe Lucke
Canton
Ohio
Pueblo
Colo
Deab" Lecke
Lancaster
Newark
Chillicothe
Frank Goodman
Bob Wilikins
Netoonvelle
Laitti
Heston
Avilliams
Rochester