- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 106
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1984-07-05
- Subject:
- Baseball players--Georgia--Atlanta
African American baseball players--Georgia--Atlanta
Baseball--Georgia--Atlanta
Sports--Georgia--Atlanta
Mann, Earl (Otis Earl), 1904-1990
Montag, Robert
Atlanta Crackers (Baseball team)
Atlanta Black Crackers (Baseball team)
Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- radio programs
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This recording opens with an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The entire program is a feature about the Atlanta Crackers and the Atlanta Black Crackers, minor league teams who played in Atlanta. The feature is narrated by researcher Ted Rubenstein who conducted interviews with former announcer Ernie Harwell who described Ponce De Leon Park where the teams played. The program includes audio of Harwell calling an Atlanta Cracker game. Other interviewees include former Atlanta Cracker Bob Montag, who tells the story of the longest home run ever hit; and fan Pearl Sandow. Former Atlanta Crackers owner Earl Mann is interviewed as is Atlanta Braves announcer Skip Carey, who also called games for the Crackers in the mid 1960s. Other interviewees include Chico Renfroe and James "Red" Moore, former players for the Atlanta Black Crackers. Renfroe spoke about John and Bille Harden, who owned the Atlanta Black Crackers. The program ends with a sign off by Boyd Lewis.
"Southwind" was a radio program about the issues, people, and culture of the South that aired on WABE-FM, Atlanta's public radio station. The series, which aired from 1980 to 1987, was conceived, produced, and reported by journalist Boyd Lewis. - Local Identifier:
- MSS 1118.106.001
ahc.1118.106.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/3
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright is held by Boyd Lewis. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsCC BY-NC-ND license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Extent:
- 7 in. reel-to-reel audio tape, 3 3/4 ips
29:50 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
