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Comment on Captain Ward by bart woloson

bart woloson — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:28:54 +0000

I have seen reference to the “Camp Ward” connection to Eber Brock Ward, but do not have good origin. It is likely that he financed the 102nd. He was an active abolitionist and gave $10,000 to the “Free Kansas” movement in 1856. He was active in raising the Mich. 24th in late 1862, and he paid for fortification of the Detroit (down)River coming into Detroit to protect from invasion from Canada. He hired blacks including escaped slaves on his vessels. In one case the Cook on one of his vessels was sought by southern bounty hunters and he sent the man across the Detroit River to Windsor while he negotiated for his freedom from slavery. The freed slave subsequently made enough money on the Ward Line to buy freedom for the rest of his family. When EB Ward opened the Eureka Iron Works in the late 1850s he hired Irish imigrants and blacks for the hard labor paying $2 a day when ordinary labor rate was about $1 per day. Whites in Detroit vehemently protested against his hiring the blacks and he retorted in a blast in the Detroit press (where he also was a major shareholder) that he would hire anyone he wanted, white, black, horse or mule! – perhaps our first “equal opportunity employer”. There is recorded, a negro folk song that was still sung well into the 1900′s with the refrain “workin’ on the Ward Line”. The black population of Detroit in 1860 was 2.7% or about 1300 population. Eber Ward was their dominent employer and benefactor; it is no wonder that 102nd would have honored him with “Camp Ward”.

Please respond with origin of “Camp Ward” .

Comment on The Baseball Analyst Issue 2: a review by joel

joel — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:38:45 +0000

Thanks for the note. Actually, I do have the 1960 Quincy roster, but it's labelled wrong; it's listed as Michigan City. Thanks for pointing out the problem. Unfortunately, I no longer have access to the website. I'll see if the current hosts can post a correction.

Comment on The Baseball Analyst Issue 2: a review by Roger Lett

Roger Lett — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:02:44 +0000

Joel –

I wasn’t sure how to reach you, so I thought I’d give this a try.

I was lucky enough to stumble across your Midwest League project, which apparently is no longer being maintained.

I noticed that you had no roster for the 1960 Quincy Giants. Having been a season ticket holder there with my dad, I thought I would provide the small amount of information I can remember, just in case you were to decide to renew the site.

James Tobin was the team president, just as you have him listed for 1961.

Lazaro Gomez was the starting pitcher on opening day. I believe he made it to AA but not beyond.

My favorite player was second baseman Julio Linares, who went on to a long minor league career for the Giants and ultimately become the bench coach for the Houston Astros in the early 90′s.

Jim Ray Hart joined the team in midseason. He, of course, went on to a career with the Giants.

Jim Springborn was the team’s center fielder. I remember a toothless old fan saying “Come on, Jimmy boy!” when Jim came to bat one time.

Ron Shatto was the starting right fielder on opening day, batted 8th, and was gone in the first month.

Wish I could remember more. That’s not much — but then it’s been a LONG time.

Comment on A Microsoft Home User Program Rant by Khan

Khan — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:52:58 +0000

I’m also getting confusing instructions on MS HUP site.
During the purchase process, my application managed to successfully navigate through “ShoppingCart” –> “Billing” –> “Confirm” pages. However, when I landed on the “Thank You” page, I got the following message:
“We are sorry, but we are unable to complete your request. The following problem(s) exist: Your order is currently in a review status. Your payment could not be completed”
“Review Status”?? None of the instructions mentioned it’ll go through a review process?? Anyways,I tried to apply for it again using their exact instructions, but now it states that I have already made the purchase.
I have sent a request to HUP help site. Lets see how it goes.
BTW, Joel, I followed your advice by not ordering Backup disks (which makes sense). Lets hope it’ll help…

Comment on Captain Ward by Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor — Thu, 05 May 2011 03:00:26 +0000

Jeff -

Having “Camp Ward” being named after E.B. Ward makes sense. May I ask where you learned that from?

Thanks,
Paul

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Comment on Once Upon a Time: a reporting story by joel

joel — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:33:58 +0000

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