The Auker-Meyer-Crowder Story
"Eldon Auker... submarine ball pitcher, is getting in shape for a tough baseball campaign by golfing in Florida. With him is Mickey Cochrane, right, his manager and battery mate on the world's champion Detroit club."
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| The Thomas B Mack Florida Citrus Archives The Auker-Meyer-Crowder Story |
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| These are our labels from the Auker-Meyer-Crowder Packing House in the Lakeland-Highland City area of central Florida. The business was owned by Elden Auker, famous 1930s submarine ball pitcher with the Detroit Tigers, Arthur Meyer, a fruit buyer, and Alvin Crowder, a baseball teammate of Auker's. The tiger on the Tiger brand label is identical to the Tiger logo which was on the front of the packing house. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Auker-Meyer-Crowder Packing House was located in Highland City, near Lakeland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1936 Miami Tribune news article reads: "Eldon Auker... submarine ball pitcher, is getting in shape for a tough baseball campaign by golfing in Florida. With him is Mickey Cochrane, right, his manager and battery mate on the world's champion Detroit club." |
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| A portion of a letter from Eldon Auker to Professor Mack. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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