Elizabeth City Baseball Team, July 17, 1925

The Team Elizabeth City Pins Its Hopes Upon

Here is the team that has been doing its stuff for Elizabeth City this summer, winning three-fourths of the games that have been played under the management of Bill Phelps. Reading from left to right, the top row are: T.T. Nelson, President; Mike Smith, left-fielder; Marvin Trueblood, first baseman; Charlie Thomas, third baseman; Fred Cook, second baseman; J. Vincent, pitcher for one day; J.S. Garner, catcher; Bill Phelps, manager; Dr. H.E. Nixon, business manager; Sitting, Half Pint Hewell, shortstop; Jimmy Wallace, star twirler for Maury High; Ralph Carden, Durham, catcher; Sam Creath, pitcher; John Bond, pitcher; Center Front is T.T. Nelson Jr., mascot of the team. Thomas is from the University of North Carolina; the Cooks and Creath are from the University of Richmond. Zoeller Photo

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, July 17, 1925. To see the photo, go to:

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn83025812/1925-07-17/ed-1/seq-1/