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72 Detroit Jewish News
The BiG Story
But Dad's allegiance to the
Browns wasn't enough to keep him
in St. Louis when he heard about a
better job in Detroit with the Dodge
Brothers.
In addition to making automo-
biles, the company was engaged
in the war effort and needed work-
ers
We moved to Detroit in 1917,
and Dad went to work as an
experienced" spot welder. (I don't
know where he got the experience,
but Dad was a quick study, and
after a few hours of on-the-job train-
ing, he was on his way to earning
the most money he had
ever made.)
As good as this job
was, Dad probably was
more excited to learn
that Dodge Brothers had
a baseball team. Then
he discovered the team
was only for office and
middle management per-
sonnel. That might _have
discouraged an ordinary
person, but not Dad
especially when it came
to baseball. -
He took his case
directly to the boss,
Horace E. Dodge himself. Not only
did Dad make the team, but he got
my brother, Abe, the job as batboy.
Everyone received tailored uniforms
with the Dodge Brothers team,
including Abe.
The Grosse Pointe Country Club
had a baseball diamond that Mr.
Dodge thought his team could use
for its home games. When Mr.
Dodge tried to join the club, howev-
er, he was denied membership for
"religious" reasons.
Mr. Dodge solved that problem
by buying the club! The picturesque
grounds on Lake St. Clair then
became the site of most of our ball-
games.
The playoffs between Dodge
Brothers and our archrival, the team
from Graham Brothers truck manu-
I/
Former batboy Abe Solomon
Author lone Pinsker, who now
lives in California, says family
members joke that her father,
Morris Solomon, was born with a
baseball bat in his hand.
facturers, were the highlight of the
season. Families were invited and
enjoyed catered dinners that includ-
ed frog legs and other delicacies.
Once, when a win over the Gra-
ham.Brothers occurred on the Fourth
of July, we were treated to an
extravagant fireworks display that
scare some of theilittle kids
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speechless.
The team also made road trips,
two of them notable. One was to
the state prison in Lansing, and the
other was to Philadelphia on a
Pullman car Mr. Dodge had char-
tered.
The Philadelphia trip had a mem-
orable beginning. When it was
time for the train to leave, Mr.
Dodge hadn't arrived. Since he
was usually late, no one was
unduly concerned. Sure enough,
just in time, Mr. Dodge came rid-
ing into the train yard on the cow-
catcher of a steam engine he'd
commandeered to make up for lost
time!
A bit later, after we moved to Los
Angeles, we learned that Mr.
Dodge was in town. Dad looked
him up and took citecim photo
along. Mr. Dodge was pleased
and grateful for the visit, and so
was Dad. He told Mr. Dodge that
those days on the team were
among the highlights of his life.
Mr. Dodge, in turn, thanked Dad
for the pleasure that he, the team
and even the batboy had given
him. He even remembered giving
Dad 50 cents for "the kid."
Editor's Note: This article first
appeared in "Reminisce" magazine.