Congratulations on your story on Del Ennis (“Recalling Olney High’s Del Ennis, a legendary Phillie,” June 11). Since it seems that we’re about the same age (I graduated from high school in Philadelphia in 1957), this brought back a lot of memories for me.
I remember Ennis seemingly being booed no matter what he did — and, as you point out, he did a lot of good things in his career. I have a lot of memories of Shibe Park, especially the 1952 All Star game (the only rain-shortened one) when Bobby Schantz struck out Whitey Lockman, Jackie Robinson and Stan Musial in the fifth and …
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Congratulations on your story on Del Ennis (“Recalling Olney High’s Del Ennis, a legendary Phillie,” June 11). Since it seems that we’re about the same age (I graduated from high school in Philadelphia in 1957), this brought back a lot of memories for me.
I remember Ennis seemingly being booed no matter what he did — and, as you point out, he did a lot of good things in his career. I have a lot of memories of Shibe Park, especially the 1952 All Star game (the only rain-shortened one) when Bobby Schantz struck out Whitey Lockman, Jackie Robinson and Stan Musial in the fifth and last inning of the game. Thanks for the article.
Mike Breslin
Chestnut Hill
