Who were the Waseca ‘Chicks’?
When I was putting together a recent Looking Back at Waseca Sports History Waseca Alums site feature, I noted that Warren ‘Chick’ Gray had been the manager of the Waseca Chicks baseball team before he managed the Waseca Braves baseball team in the 1950s. Do you know the history of the Waseca Chicks baseball team? I assume the team’s name was the origin of Warren’s nickname. Am I right?
Waseca Baseball Club, baseball team and bat boy, posed after a game, lined up on a bench; (front row) Bob Kujath (bat boy); (on the bench) unknown, Roy “Red” Myers, Herb Sponberg, Warren “Chick” Gray, unknown, Immanual Mueller, Albert Groebner, Bob Gray, R.G.”Happy” Lowe, George Johnson, Clem Bauman, Ed Fiebiger; (standing) Don Herbst.
Waseca Baseball Club; posing outside L-R: (front row) Clem Bauman, Immanuel Mueller, R. G.”Happy” Lowe, Al Bell, Jim McDermott, Albert “Allie” Groebner, Emil Scheid; (back row) Don Herbst, unknown, Ed “Fat” Fiebiger, George Johnson, Herb “Ike” Sponberg, Bob Gray, Warren “Chick” Gray, Jack Connelly, Helder Munson.
The photos of Waseca’s 1938 and 1939 baseball teams are courtesy of the Waseca County Historical Society. What were the names of the teams in these years?