SHARE OUR HERITAGE: Clarence baseball team in 1948

Published: July 30, 2012 

This photo shows the Clarence baseball team in 1948. Photo provided/Michael Drapcho.

Each Monday the Centre Daily Times publishes an installment in our “Share our Heritage” series, featuring photos from Centre County’s past. Today’s photo is from Michael Drapcho, of Clarence.

He wrote: “Enclosed is a picture of the Clarence baseball team taken in 1948. My father is the last man standing at the right of the photo.”

The men in the photo are, kneeling from left: George (Bobo) Almashie, Andy Tobias, Frank Pachipka, George Drapcho, Joe Krisch, Robert Murnyack, Howard (Andy) Almashie, Andy (Bucky) Tobias, John (Puddy) Drapcho and George Murnyack.

Standing from left: Mike Halsnik, John (Bunko) Kachik, Joe Lidgett, Joe Cingel, Mitch Heaton, David Kochik, Joe Kochik, Steve Smitchko, unknown, George Kochik, Andy (Fuzzy) Bucha and David Drapcho.

Readers can contribute to the “Share our Heritage” series by sharing their own photos.

Just drop off or mail copies of the photos to Centre Daily Times, 3400 E. College Ave., State College, PA 16801 or email them to cdtphoto@centredaily.com  .

Provide as much caption information as you can. All photos in the weekly series are placed in a “Share our Heritage” gallery at CentreDaily.com .

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