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ANDY DEVINE                                       DIRECTORS:

      President                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                         JIM ARCHEY 

    HAL FISHER                                       

     Vice President                                                  BOB NEWLAND

                                                                                                                           

CLARENCE FAUCETT                                                           LARRY WILLOWS  

     Secretary

 

ROBERT WARSAW                                                            

     Treasurer                                                                                                                                                                                   

     

  

                           

 

 

              THE THREE-QUARTER CENTURY SOFTBALL CLUB

                                   of St. Petersburg, Florida

 

                                      The Kids and Kubs

 

                  Sunshine Center ∙ 330 5th Street North ∙ St. Petersburg, Florida 33701

Hours: 9 a.m. – 12 noon, Monday – Wednesday – Friday 

                            Phone (727) 893-7108

                     www.freewebs.com/kidsandkubs 

                            kidsandkubs@gmail.com

 

To navigate the site, click on the links at the top:

Home (here); Kids and Kubs History;  Photo Gallery; 

Club Details; Guestbook

   

 This website was last monitored in July, 2009.

 

 

                     Our beautiful playing field at North Shore Park

  

The Kids and Kubs divide the members into four teams and play each

other at North Shore Field Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays begin-

ning at 10 AM.  Our regular season begins on October 31, 2009 and

ends April 1, 2010.  We play pickup games on the same schedule the

balance of the year. 

 

Batting and fielding practice begins an hour earlier.  Men and women

who have passed their 74th birthdays may try out and practice during

those pre-game sessions.  If interested in joining the club, get an appli-

cation at the field, fill it out with proof of age, and submit it to the

secretary.

 

There is a 60-day probationary period beginning the day your appli-

cation is turned over to the Evaluation Committee.  At that time you

pay $40 for uniform shirts.  If your softball-playing ability is ap-

proved and you are accepted by the Board of Directors, at the end

of your probationary period you become a member of the club and

pay the balance of $60 dues.  At the present time dues for the rookie

year are $100 and thereafter $75.

 

 

                                           KIDS AND KUBS CHEER

                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

                      What’s the matter with “75”?                                  

                                We’re the ones who are still alive.

                                Hi-Ho,    Let’s go!                                       

                                Rah,  Rah,  Rah   “75”!

 

             The Kids and Kubs Cheer is shouted at the beginning of the "Ceremony"

           where the players line up on the base lines, give the cheer, march around

           to second base and then back to home plate to salute the flag.  At second

           base they stop to sing God Bless America or America The Beautiful.   

           The formal uniform is worn with black bow tie whenever performing the

           Ceremony.  The pictures below show the entire procedure:

                            

     

    

     

 

                                                      

 

 

KIDS AND KUBS MONUMENT

 

            The idea of a monument dedicated to the Kids and Kubs Softball Club originated with player-member Richard Morris.  He had seen such a object elsewhere and became enthused with having some place for future members to have as their own for picture taking and reminiscing, and to memorialize all those who have been members before, and to inspire those who will be members later.

           

            The committee to investigate the purchase and placing of a monument under the leadership of Dick Morris included the then-current officers, Winchell Smith, Menno DiLiberto, Bob Warsaw and Fred Cardella.  The committee considered several types of monuments and consulted four different providers before deciding on a polished granite bench designed and produced by Sumner Marble & Granite Works of St. Petersburg.  The front and back seat edges carry the club logo and the words “Kids and Kubs”.  The upright support indicates the club was formed in 1930.

 

            The Recreation Department of the City of St. Petersburg under Phil Whitehead approved the placing of the monument near the walk adjoining the ball field and poured a concrete slab as a base for the monument.  The contractor placed the monument on the slab on October 18, 2005.  It is fastened to the slab by bolts embedded in the concrete and epoxied to the pediment of the monument.

                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                          

 

The upright portion supporting the seat contains four drilled cores 5 inches in diameter and 9 inches deep.  They contain sealed containers of documents, pictures and electronic data in the form of a time-capsule.  The monument is placed during the 75th year of the club’s existence and it is expected that the capsule will be opened at a ceremony in the year 2030 during the 100th anniversary of the club.  See Album 1 for picture of the time-capsules being sealed into the monument.

            The cost of the monument was $1800.  An original donation in support of the idea was made by Mr. Galbraith, a friend of Mr. and Mrs. Morris.  The balance was oversubscribed by members of the club, leaving about $650 in a fund to maintain and care for the monument.

 

            The containers used for the time-capsule are made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe with plastic end caps.  The contents are wrapped in aluminum foil in an attempt to preserve the documents against the ravages of time and moisture.  After capping the cylinders and as a further barrier against moisture, they were coated with fiberglas before being placed in the monument.  The contractor then sealed the seat to the support with an epoxy material especially made for joining granite surfaces.  It will require some expertise to break the seal at the time of opening the time-capsule.

 

            A ceremony to dedicate the monument took place on November 19, 2005.  In attendance was the mayor of St. Petersburg, Rick Baker, members of involved departments of city government and other invited guests.  Mayor Baker has provided the club with a letter to the mayor of the city in the year 2030 conveying the best wishes of the present administration to the future one to support the Kids and Kubs as they start their second century of play.  He also indicated that he expects to be a playing member and president of the club at that time!

 

             »   TO ALL KIDS AND KUBS BALL PLAYERS   «   

 

You must realize that we are not ordinary or normal people.  Think how few ordinary or normal seventy-five-year-old people get up at 6:30 A.M., dress in white pants, white shirt and bow tie, eat a bowl of corn flakes, drink a cup of coffee, and then somehow find their way to North Shore ball field. 

 

Next they shoot the bull with some other old folks until somebody says “Play Ball.”  This is when the fun begins; some hit the ball, shuffle to first base or fall down before reaching first base.  If the fielder does catch the ball, maybe he can get it to first base before falling down.  The outfielders seem to have trouble with the sun, the wind or a bird flying over.  So much for trying to play ball!

 

How many normal seventy-five-year-old people would drive 20 or 30 miles three times a week to stay around a ball field?  Many would not schedule a doctor’s appointment, operation or any other affair that would interfere with our ball playing.  Some people say we are not allowed to die if we are scheduled to play.

 

                                       ————  Winchell Smith

 

 

 

 

Paul Good Biography

1910 - 2008

 

Paul Good was born on February 25, 1910, in Grandview, TN, and when he was only two years old, his family moved to a remote ranch near the small town of Fondis, CO.  There he was brought up in a very active life, and they spent summers on the ranch until 1924.  Beginning in 1919 the winters were spent in New Port Richie, FL, and Paul graduated from Gulf High School there.  From his early years he was a superb athlete, and after his school years he joined an industry-sponsored semi-pro basketball team long before there was an NBA.  In 1931 he led his team to the league championship.

 

In the meantime he took a job in the office of Western Union in Colorado Springs as an operator and spent 10 years with that firm, becoming the best telegrapher they ever had.  In 1940 he was induced to join Merrill-Lynch as an operator, but soon became an account executive dealing in investments for many clients.  After 35 years with three well-known firms he retired from the financial world in 1974.

 

Free from the business routine, he began playing softball with the Bartlett Park League and soon joined the Kids and Kubs.  Since then he made many contributions to the club and beginning in 1975 served as president for 13 years.  He secured national financing and television commercials featuring the Kids and Kubs, and he led the team to the national championship in 2002.  His teams toured the U. S. for tournaments and won their share of games. They have been featured in Pennsylvania, California, Illinois and Texas.

                                                             

 

                                   

                                       

        This is a picture of Paul at about age 87.  Still very strong indeed!  He and the club celebrated his 98th birthday in March 2008.  He enjoyed the special meeting with coffee and cake at the Senior Center where the Kids and Kubs office is located.  Paul Good died on November 16, 2008.

      After retiring as an active player he was the major sponsor of the annual Golden Seniors tournament in St. Petersburg, FL.  He represented the Kids and Kubs at the St. Petersburg City Council meeting celebrating the 75th anniversary of the club in 2005, and in 2008 welcomed the teams at the City Hall Stars versus Kids and Kubs All-Star game.  Paul’s long experience and broad vision enabled him to continue to promote senior softball both locally and nationally.  He was an inspiration to all who participated in the sport.

 

                      He was enshrined in the National Senior Softball Hall of Fame in 2002.

 

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                                                      OUR OWN MILLIE

 

                                          

 

 

    Millie Goss is the scorekeeper for the Kids and Kubs softball 

club.  She has taken her place at the scoring table and in the hearts

of all the players.  She now lives in St. Petersburg but she was born

and spent her first 20 years in Chicago where she graduated from

Carl Sandburg High School.  She has taken many professional

courses since and holds a vocational teaching certificate.  Millie

married  in California in the mid 1960’s and has a son who is now

in Pensacola.  She was widowed in 1991 and has not remarried. 

She is unique in a special way as well: She is just about the

youngest great-grandmother in creation.  Though still in her 60’s,

she has a great-grandson who is nearing his graduation from

college!

    Millie has many interests and vast experience in business, 

investment management, restaurant operation, health food stores,

and antique furniture auctioneer.  Her career has led her to many

places all over the country.  At present she is employed at a donut

shop on the west side of town, and she often brings day-old

products to the playing field, much to the delight of the players. 

    Baseball has always been a keen interest for Millie Goss. 

Though she played sandlot ball in her youth, she was never a

member of an organized team.  Now she   serves as a staffer with

the women’s softball teams ‘The Misfits’ and ‘Freedom Spirits.’ 

She knows what she is doing with the scorebook, and with great

good humor keeps all the players informed of the inning being

played, who’s up, who’s on deck, and what the score is.  She

candidly states that what she enjoys most is being the scorekeeper

for the Kids and Kubs.  The club is very glad she does because

they like her too!

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