Eastern Athletic Association of the Deaf, Inc. (EAAD)

Softball Tournament
1951 Eastern Athletic Association
of the Deaf

EAAD Softball Tournament Won by Worcester, Massachusetts

By Emerson Romero in The Silent News — (continued)

Frank Winters was chosen the most valuable player on the Long Island team because of his heavy hitting, his deadly fielding on pop flies and his accurate throwing. This together with his spark plugging the team as captain, earned him
the laurels.
The committee in charge under Richard Danks of the Hartford Club of the Deaf is to be congratulated on the successful way the EAAD 1951 All-Star line–up the first and second teams as they were selected by the official scorers as follows on the next page:

1951 TOURNAMENT AT MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT
Sponsored by Hartford Club of the Deaf
Saturday, August 25 and Sunday, August 26
13 Teams in 17 Games

Worcester
Worcester Deaf Club Championship of 1951
— Won 4, Lost 0
Front row left to right: James Healey — Mgr.,
Oscar Hovagimian — 3B, John Sullivan — SS,
Ernest R. Ovitt — Coach, Gapt., P and 1B,
Gerald Moreau — CF, Joseph Urato — 2B,
George Whalen — RF and George Trudeau — 3B and P. Back row left to right: Thomas N. Desrosier — C, Kenneth Monahan — LF,
John Winters — RF, John Fitzgerald — 2B, John C. Philip — C, Francis Ross — CF and RF.
Donald Tucker — 1B, Roberto Garofoli — LF and John Klukas — SS.
Missing from the picture was Salvatore DiNatale — Asst. Mgr. and the name of one unidentified player between Philip and Ross in the back row.
— NOTE —
Trudeau — 3B, Winters — RF and Philip — C were selected All-Star players on the First Team while Klukas — SS, Ross — RF and Ovitt — P were selected for the Second Team.

One Spirit, One Team,
One Win. ATTITUDE
IS EVERYTHING.