Negro League Baseball Discussion Forum: Former Players – Information Exchange: Negro League shortstop Richard Lundy need info
By Barbara Elease Lundy (Richarda) on Wednesday, September 29, 1999 – 08:54 pm:
Richard B.Lundy my father began his career in 1915
with the Duval Giants in Jacksonville.Florida. He
later moved with the team to Atlanta,Georgia and
became the Bacharach Giants. He also played on such teams as the Daisies in Hillsdale,Pa. in late
1918,the Baltimore Black Sox in 1929 where he also
managed the team to a penant as player/coach and
boasted a team of Lundy,Oliver Marcelle, Frank Warfield and Jud Wilson, often called the Million
Dollar Infield and the East-West All Star games.
Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou.
By Whozru (Whozru) on Wednesday, January 24, 2001 – 08:13 pm:
The swithch hitting Lundy started his professional career with the Jacksonville (Flordia) Giants in 1915. From 1925 to 1928 he managed the powerful Bacharach Giants, leading them to two Eastern Colored League pennants. During his play with the 1928-29 Baltimore Black Sox, during a game in Cuba in 1928, Oliver Marcelle, running from first, sucessfully broke up a double play but lost two teeth when shortstop Willie Wells' relay to first hit him in the mouth.
After the 1935 East-West game Lundy was a member of the New York Cubans, who were owned by Alex Pompez. They played for the pennant against the Crawfords. The Cubans were a solid team that featured Americans David (Showboat) Thomas (first base), ex-Monarch Frank Duncan (catcher), Herbert (Rap) Dixon (outfield) and Dick Lundy (shortstop), alond with Cuban pitchers Luis (Lety) Tiant, Alejandro Oms and Martin Dihigo, who also managed and played the outfield. Defensively, the Cubans were just as strong as the Crawfords. Duncan was a better receiver than Gibson, while Lundy, though getting on in years, was regarded as one of the best shortstops of the era.
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