Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Scahill - Right Fielder For La Rabida - Historical Newspapers - Southtown Economist, Chicago, Illinois

This is an extract from Ancestry.com

The SouthtownStar, previously known as The Daily Southtown, is a newspaper of the Chicago, Illinois metropolitan area that covers the south suburbs of Chicago and the South Side neighborhoods of the city - a wide region known as the Chicago Southland. Its popular slogan is "People Up North Just Don't Get It" (a pun). It is published by the Sun-Times Media Group.

Founded on September 11, 1906, the Southtown celebrated its 100th year as a paper in 2006. Originally called the Englewood Economist, it was retitled the Southtown Economist in 1924 and began publishing twice weekly.

Name: Scahill, no first name given. Right fielder for La Rabida baseball team, lose 6 - 5, in a Knights of Columbus league.

Newspaper: Southtown Economist, Chicago, Illinois

Event: Fine Fielding aids Perez To Nip La Rabida

Venue: St. Rita field

Date: 27 May 1925

Allan Scahill

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