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EDWARD
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1987 - BASEBALL |
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Edward B. Selway of Washington
participated in basketball and track at Washington High School and after
playing sandlot baseball for four years played professional baseball in
the minor leagues for 11 years.
He started in 1931 with Beaver Falls in the Mid-Atlantic League and
pitched for Tulsa, Okla., St. Joseph, Mo., Des Moines, IA., Fort Worth,
TX., Toledo, OH., Beaumont, TX., Seattle, WA., Chattanooga. TN., Toronto
and Quebec in Canada and finished his career in 1942 with Utica, NY. in
the Canadian-American League.
Selway played for championship teams at St. Joseph in 1933; Tulsa, 1936;
Fort Worth, 1937; Beaumont, 1938; and Seattle, 1939 and had a tryout
with the Detroit Tigers in 1938.
He pitched two shutout games, including the championship contest for
Texas League champion Fort Worth in 1937 against Southern League
champion Little Rock, AR. in the Dixie Series which matched winners of
the two leagues for many years.
Among noted major league players who batted against him in spring
training games was the Yankees' great first baseman Lou Gehrig, whom
Selway recalls hit a home run off him. |
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