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Some people help others because it is their specific intent to do so. Other people help others just by living a good life. Howard McFadden of Dennysville perhaps fits into each category. McFadden is a 1952 graduate of Lubec High School, and a 1967 graduate of what is now the University of Maine at Machias. McFadden’s name has been synonymous with baseball in Washington County for more than 50 years. Playing the game he loved and excelled at, McFadden did as much to keep a vibrant culture alive in Washington County for the last 50 years as perhaps any other individual. From 1949 to 1952, McFadden, who has been married to Mary McFee McFadden for 38 years, was the starting shortstop for the Lubec High School “Hornets”. In 1952, he led the team to a Washington County Class “S” championship. That year, his talent caught the eye of a Boston Braves Scout at a tryout arranged by the Bangor Daily News. McFadden stayed home, however, and spent the next seven years as the starting shortstop for the Dixie (Lubec) Eagles semi-pro team in Washington County. [he Dixie team won several Quoddy League titles, led by the infield wizardry and steady hitting of McFadden. In 1956, he was voted the game’s outstanding player in the Quoddy League All Star Game. In 1956, his country came calling. He began serving with Uncle Sam at Fort Dix in New Jersey. While there, he played on the Army baseball team along side such teammates as Jim Mahoney, a Boston Red Sox shortstop. In 1958, he shifted service to Berlin, Germany, and was the starting shortstop on the Berlin Bears.A highlight of his international experience, he says, was playing two games at the World’s Fair in Brussels, Belgium, in 1953. In 1959, he returned home to Maine. He resumed playing shortstop in Washington County, this time around for the Dennysville semi-pro team. In 1961, he was again named the outstanding player of the Quoddy League All Star Game. In 1962, he began a stint of military service again, and found himself at Fort Bragg, North Carolina As a reservist, he played on the Reservists Army Championship team. His teammates included Steve Barber and Ron Hansen of the Baltimore Orioles. By the mid-sixties, Howard had thrown himself into the education field. From 1967 to 1969 he was the teacher and principal at Perry Elementary in Perry, Maine. From 1969 to the year 2000, he served as principal territory. Meanwhile, in 1983, he had graduated from the Master’s Degree program at the University of Maine at Orono in educational administration. Howard’s baseball career did not just shine on the field as a player. He also served dutifully as a respected umpire. From 1988 to 2004 he was a baseball umpire and a member of the Downeast Board of Approved Umpires. From 1999 to the year 2004, he was the assignor for the Downeast Board of Secondary School Umpires Association. “Howard was one of the finest baseball players to come out of the Washington County area,” said long-time friend Phil Stuart.“Howard was an excellent hitter along with being an outstanding shortstop before switching to first base in the twilight of his career. He played through the age of 51!” Stuart compared McFadden to other Washington greats such as Corey Feeney, Omar Norton, Chick Norton, Carleton Willey, and Tony Tammaro. David Pressley gives McFadden more credit than simply being a great player and credit to the game. “Most of Howard’s post high school career was spent playing in the Quoddy League,” Pressley recalls. “It was here where he, along with several others, worked extremely hard to keep baseball alive Downeast. His strong interest in, and vast knowledge of, baseball has kept him active umpiring high school games”. Neil Corbett was one of McFadden’s managers during McFadden’s tong service in the Quoddy League. He was impressed at McFadden’s longevity and that McFadden competed well with college-age players.” Fellow Hall of Famer Omar Norton says of the McFadden selection:* You could not have made a better choice in selecting Howard for the honor of being named to the Hall of Fame.” Howard and his wife, Mary, reside in Dennysville and have one son, Chuck, as well as two grandchildren, Howie and Samantha.

Edward J. Packy McFarland, retired Scarborough High School teacher-coach where his 1963 nine rates as one of the state's strongest baseball teams ever, this year joins son Edward (Bo), 1989 inductee. in the Diamond shrine. Also Scarborough basketball coach after previous stints at Freedom Academy and Gorham High, Packy was paid the ultimate town honor when the Scarborough Board of Education named the varsity baseball field McFarland Field in 1983 on his farewell to 35 years in education. McFarland ranks among the state's most popular and respected figures in sports and academic circles. Throughout his career as a caring mentor he's been noted for his strong positive influence on his young charges as much as for their signal achievements. Packy was a sprightly outfielder at Cheverus High and Bowdoin College. He enhanced his baseball knowledge greatly as a player and confidant of Bowdoin coach Neil Mahoney and the latter's successor, "Deacon Danny" MacFayden -- both of strong major league credentials. McFarland was captain of Bowdoin's first varsity basketball team under Mahoney who, in a swap of expertise, made Packy a virtual player-coach (basketball wasn't in the Boston school system when Neil was a lad). Further refinement of the McFarland diamond grasp came as Packy accompanied Neil on many scouting trips in behalf of the Red Sox with whom Mahoney was long affiliated. But Packy's first coaching assignment came before he entered Bowdoin in the WWII era when he guided his Cheverus alma mater's team one season at age 22. He played on the Freedom Town Team during his four-year tenure at the Academy. in six years of coaching at Gorham and 15 at Scarborough, his teams won several Triple-C championships. In a brilliant stretch, 1962-64, his Scarborough Redskins compiled a 31-game winning streak (son Bo contributing mightily). That ‘63 team would have been a state Class B title favorite but fell within the 1955-69 hiatus when there were no state tournaments. Packy was also Scarborough athletic director 11 years and was the school’s first soccer coach. He was named Maine high school baseball coach of the year in 1966, was Gorham's first Little League coach in 1952, was Scarborough's Libby-Mitchell American Legion Post athletic officer 15 years and was for several years a member of the state Legion Baseball Commission. McFarland’s several honors included: Triple-C Class B title trophy named after him and the Western Maine Board of Approved Baseball Umpires’ citation in 1980 for his dedication to high school baseball.

Edward James McFarland An outstanding three-sport athlete at Scarborough High School, “Bo” McFarland was a free agent selection of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1965 after hitting .453 for the Redskins, but elected to attend Bowdoin College. At Bowdoin, McFarland followed his father, Packy, who had captained the Polar Bears’ first formal basketball team in 1946-47. When he graduated in 1969, McFarland held numerous college scoring records and established five New England Small College records. He was named New England Small College Basketball Player of the Year in 1969. Captain of basketball and baseball at Bowdoin, McFarland was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 1969 and was also on the draft list of the New York Knicks and Oakland Oaks. At Scarborough, McFarland was a Triple-C all-star selection in basketball and baseball, won the Pierre Harnois Trophy in 1964 as Most Valuable Player in the Western Maine Basketball tournament and was voted to the Randolph Hearst New England All-Star baseball Team in 1964-65. McFarland played American Legion Baseball for Manchester Post which won three consecutive state championships. He batted .387 tor 47 games. in 1965, McFarland was one of 35 players selected for the 20th Annual Boston Record American-Sunday Advertiser Sandlot Baseball Tournament. At Bowdoin he was Maine’s Athlete of the year in 1968 and Governor Kenneth Curtis proclaimed a special day in his honor. That year he was all-star second baseman in the Cape Cod League, Comprised of the best college players in the country. All New England in the College Division in 1968-69 in basketball, he was recipient of the Wooten Spoon Award presented by vote of the Bowdoin Junior class to the most respected and popular member of the class. After Bowdoin, where he hit .328 in his senior year, McFarland played at Corning, N.Y. in the New York-Penn League and Waterloo in the Midwest League in the Kansas City organization. His second season was interrupted by a six-month tour of duty in the Army Reserves. McFarland had been invited to Kansas City’s instructional League, but the Army had first priority. Joining the team in midseason, McFarland hit .220 and that fall accepted a position as head basketball coach at Morse High School. McFarland is the second baseman on Maine’s All-Time High School Team and All-Time College Team chosen this year by the Maine Sunday Telegram. https://athletics.bowdoin.edu/information/history/hall/mcfarland McFarland was a stellar baseball player while at Bowdoin, earning All-New England honors and batting .328 while serving as captain his senior season. He was a two-time All-Maine selection and earned All-Star status while playing in the Cape Cod League in the summer of 1968. Following graduation, he was drafted by the Kansas City Royals and played in their minor-league system for several seasons. Maine sportswriters in 1968 named McFarland winner of the Governor's Trophy as Maine's outstanding athlete. In 1989, the Portland Press Herald named McFarland to its Maine All-Time College Baseball Team. McFarland has been inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame (1989), and the Maine Sports Hall of Fame (1993) .

Dick McGuire didn't play much baseball as a youth around Augusta. Football was his game. But baseball and McGuire have become synonymous - so much that his contributions are deservedly acknowledged with induction into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame. “I am sure when the game of baseball in Augusta is discussed, that at some point in the conversation, Dick McGuire’s name will be mentioned,” said Gary P. Burns, Supervisor of the National Service Office of Disabled American Veterans. McGuire was honored for his contributions and dedication to local youth programs and an award was established in his name by the Kennebec Journal. For 45 of his 68 years, McGuire has worked to promote youth baseball in Maine. According to Jerry Lauzon, sports editor of the Kennebec Journal. McGuire once owned a boat and liked to fish, but baseball was his first love and consumed his free time. “| was so Involved in Babe Ruth that I never went fishing,” McGuire told Lauzon. “I had a boat but | never used it. | finally got rid of it.” McGuire started Babe Ruth baseball in Augusta in 1957 and has done everything from organize tournaments to line fields. One of his distinguishing characteristics is the ability to get other people involved. he helped organize the Augusta Boys League in 1951 which grew into a Little League and was then followed with the Augusta National Guard Babe Ruth in 1957. He continues to serve as President of the State Babe Ruth and Senior Babe Ruth Leagues. Over the years, McGuire has served as state commissioner for Bambino and Babe Ruth and as a zone commissioner for American Legion baseball. Augusta was the cite of the New England Babe Ruth Tournaments in 1974 and 1983. Many of the games were played at McGuire Field, named in McGuire’s honor Many former players have remained active in the game through McGuire's influence. “My plate coat is the one Dick McGuire gave me about 20 years ago,” said umpire Mike Parquette. I still wear it today. and it's an honor to wear it. “He started me out doing Babe Ruth games. After a game he’d call you over and you’d learn from him about what you’d done. he’s like a father to you.” Richard Small, a part-time professional baseball scout, recalls growing up in McGuire’s old neighborhood near Capital Park. “He took the place of my father on hundreds of occasions,”said Small.“What a role model.” Burns recalls playing for McGuire 42 years ago. “He was the first coach on the first team that | ever played on. | remember vividly his enthusiasm and dedication. Dick was without question tor many years one of the movers and shakers in Augusta in having baseball in our city improve and expand. “Augusta has a pretty respectable reputation in the baseball community. No one is more responsible than Dick McGuire. He has touched virtually hundreds of youngsters through his dedication to baseball. Dave Fletcher who organized a testimonial dinner to honor McGuire in 1974 sums up his friend’s dedication. “We always talk about giving 110 percent. It there was a way to give 200 percent, Dick would be the first in line.” From Babe Ruth League Babe Ruth League President/CEO Ron Tellefsen said, "Dick McGuire served Babe Ruth League, Inc. for close to 40 years. His most enjoyable times were when he was able to watch a youngster play the game and have fun. He was truly a dedicated volunteer and played a major role in the success of Babe Ruth Baseball on all levels." From 1957, when he was instrumental in starting the Babe Ruth program in the city of Augusta, until his death in 1966, Dick was a tireless worker and promoter of Babe Ruth League, Inc. in the state of Maine. During his tenure as Maine State Commissioner, the Cal Ripken program experienced tremendous growth and the entire Babe Ruth program expanded into the northern area of the state. Board Member/Regional Commissioner Joe Lamy said, "When Dick was inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996, many of those who spoke praised him for his ability to reach kids through baseball. Dick may have had four daughters, but he had many 'sons' playing on many baseball fields. He was an excellent role model, and his influence can still be felt by his many 'sons' who are even now involved in baseball in some capacity around the state."

A player for the University of Maine who appeared in a Red Sox outfit. PPH 1971 From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_McHale Martin Joseph McHale (October 30, 1886 – May 7, 1979) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played for six seasons for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians in Major League Baseball Biography McHale was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts and played college baseball for the Maine Black Bears from 1908–1910.[1] Professionally, he won 12 games in his Major League career, and played with some of the early stars of baseball including Smoky Joe Wood, Tris Speaker and Babe Ruth. He was also dubbed the "Caruso of Baseball" by Variety and performed professionally in vaudeville with another baseball man, Mike Donlin. After retiring from baseball, McHale became a successful stock broker and opened his own firm, which he ran for 52 years. From The Society for American Baseball Research https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/450c389b McHale told Ritter of his first pitching assignment, on September 28, 1910, against the Cleveland Naps. A brash person, Marty felt he could beat anyone. McHale seemed to back up his claim in his first game, but his ego got the better of him. The first time McHale faced Joe Jackson, who was just beginning to show his greatness, Marty struck him out by sneaking a fastball right down the middle on a 0-2 count. The next time, Marty had Jackson buried again in a 0-2 count. Red Sox catcher Red Kleinow came out to McHale and said, "'Well, what do you want to pitch him, a curveball?'" McHale said, "'No, I'm going to stick another fast one right through there.'" Kleinow said, "'He'll murder it.'" And that's exactly what Jackson did, hitting it like a rifle shot and slamming it so hard against the right field wall that it bounced all the way to left-centerfield. The next guy got a hit and Jackson scored. McHale went on to relate to Ritter how he lost the game on a ball that Duffy Lewis lost in the sun. Eddie Hohnhorst, who hit the long fly lost in the sun, wound up on second and scored the winning run for Cleveland on a hit by Ted Easterly. McHale lost the game even though he had struck out ten. McHale bounced up and down from the majors and the minor leagues. He was sent down to Brockton in the New England League in 1910, where he won 11 and lost 12. In 1911, he was back in the majors with the Red Sox. However, later in the season he was sent to Jersey City (International League), where he went 10 and 9. Called back up by the Yanks in that season again he won 2 and lost 4 with an earned run average of 2.96. In 1914, after being traded to the Yankees, he won the opening game on April 14, defeating Philadelphia and Joe Bush, 8-2. McHale won 6 and lost 16 for a poor Yankee team that year, with a respectable 2.97 earned run average. From Our Game https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/ladies-and-gentlemen-presenting-marty-mchale-9100c66fae02 "Damon Runyon once wrote a story about me, saying this fellow McHale, who is not the greatest ballplayer that ever lived, is probably the most versatile man who ever took up the game. This was in the 1920s, after I had left baseball. So Johnny Kieran of the New York Times asked Babe Ruth about it, knowing he and I had been on the Red Sox together. Johnny said, “Marty played in the big leagues, he played football in college, he was on the track team, he was on the stage, he wrote for the Wheeler Syndicate and the Sun, he was in the Air Service” — and so forth. He went on listing my accomplishments until the Babe interrupted to say, “Well, I don’t know about all those things, but he was the best goddamn singer I ever heard!” "'When you’re on third base alone, you’re still a long, long way from home.’ It was serious, about life being like a game of baseball. Times have changed – a boy can’t peak through a knothole in a concrete fence – but that’s still true.’" http://basinstreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Marty-McHale.pdf

Jack McNaboe was a leader both in school and on the playing fields of Cheverus High school during the early 1950’s. During his four years at Cheverus, he excelled in both baseball and basketball for the venerable Bill Curran. In baseball, he was a four year varsity player. As a leader in school, he held a variety of class offices and was elected as the first president of the Cheverus High School Key Club International in 1953. Jack played two years of American Legion ball for the Stewart P. Morrill Post. In 1952, he was the sure-handed second baseman and lead-off hitter for the state championship Morrill Post team, which advanced to the semi-finals of the regional playoffs before being eliminated. Jack continued his outstanding play at second base for Cheverus, earning All-Telly honors as a junior in 1953. During that summer, he attended the Press Herald’s Milwaukee Braves clinic, put on by the Braves scouts, and was selected to play on their all star team. A Stag co-captain in his senior year, in order to take advantage of his quick reflexes, Jack was moved to third base. McNaboe followed the 1954 Telly season with a smooth transition to the Portland Twilight League. Jack brought his outstanding glove work at third base, along with his hustle and clutch hitting to this high caliber league for the next few seasons. Led by player/manager Herbie Swift, the 1954 Portland Copper club lost in the playoff finals and the 1955 Blue Rock Quarry team captured the league championship. Among John’s teammates on those talented teams were fellow Hall of Famers Herbie Swift ’76, Sonny Conley ’95, Jack Dawson ’94, Andy Lano ’82 and Fred Stone ’93. Jack attended Holy Cross (1954-55), playing one season of fall varsity baseball under legendary coach Jack Barry. After a very distinguished major league career, Barry’s Holy Cross coaching career spanned forty years and included coaching Jack’s father in 1927. From 1956 through 1959, McNaboe played for the U.S. Army baseball, basketball and football teams in Japan. In 1958, the Army baseball team, with Jack playing second base, won the Inter-service Championship of Japan. They went on to Seoul, Korea, competing unsuccessfully for the Far East championship. In addition, the Army team played many exhibition games against Japanese professional teams. John comes from a baseball family. His dad Maurice played for Holy Cross, followed by semi-pro baseball in Fall River, MA in the 1920’s. His younger brothers, Tom and Dennis, played on the first Maine Little League team that was able to advance to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA. Both brothers also had outstanding baseball careers for Cheverus, the Harold T. Andrews American Legion team and at Holy Cross College. Although he played for several outstanding coaches, Jack credits much of his success to his first coach – his dad Maurice – who taught him the fundamentals of the game of baseball. After thirty years, John retired from National Account Sales Management with James River Corp. He and his wife, Carol, returned to Maine and now live in Standish. Also living in the local area are their twin daughters, Stephanie and Jessica, granddaughter Emily and twin grandsons, DJ and Trevor.

Raised in the coastal Maine community of Ash Point (now known as Owl's Head), Al McNeilly actually graduated from Brookline (Massachusetts) High School in 1939, due to his father’s teaching position in the Bay State. Al captained the baseball team both his junior and senior years while pitching and playing left field. A year at the Huntington Prep in Boston followed and, after an undefeated season,Al returned to Maine to play that summer for Manager Frank Winkenback and the Rockland Pirates in the Knox County League. McNeilly recalls the special joy of Maine town-team ball in those days:“We played good, semi-pro teams from up and down the coast - St. George, Thomaston, Bucksport and Belfast.The support from the townspeople was great and it was a special treat to play in front of enthusiastic fans”. Heeding his sage grandfather’s advice to“ get your tuther end up to Orono and take some engineering” , McNeilly enrolled at the University of Maine as a pulp and paper major in 1940 and began a long and fruitful association with that institution which continues even today. McNeilly arrived the same year as Sam Sezak who was Al’s freshman baseball coach and went on to enjoy a legendary 30-year coaching career at Orono. Combining academics with fastballs, Al worked at the Maine Seaboard Paper Company in Bucksport and pitched for the mill team during the summer of 1940. During the season, McNeilly also pitched for the Bangor Highlanders against the best semi-pro teams in the area.“I beat the Augusta Millionaires 4-1 and somebody slipped me twenty bucks after the game’, says McNeilly.“I thought I was a millionaire.” McNeilly joined UMaine Coach Bill Kenyon’s starting rotation his sophomore year and took several of his Black Bear teammates - Nat Crowley, Cliff Blake and Bob Nutter - to play for Jabber Joyce and the Todd Bath Shipyard out of South Portland that summer Al was elected captain of the UMaine baseball team in 1942 and 1943. World War II interrupted many flourishing careers and Al McNeilly was no exception. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1944 and served as a navigator on a B-29 bomber, flying 34 missions over Japan. Returning home, Al married Jennie Bridges (Class of 1943) and finished up at the University of Maine, playing one more season in 1946 and graduating with a chemical engineering degree in 1947. In between, Al got a taste of pro ball, pitching and playing right field for the St. Johnsbury Yankees tn the Northern League. Following graduation, Al received an invitation from Del Bissonnette to play for the Portland Pilots in the New England League. Al reluctantly passed on the offer and took a job with Esso (later to become Exxon) which was the beginning of a 35-year career with that company, eventually being promoted to vice-president and business manager. Throughout his working career, Al’s loyalty and devotion to his alma mater was unswerving and the 3-time captain worked tirelessly promoting the University throughout the state.“The University of Maine has always been very dear to me and over the years I’ve tried to give back and serve as best I can’, says McNeilly, who has been active in alumni affairs, serving on the President’s Development Council for a number of years. Last month Al joined fellow members of the Class of ‘44 in celebrating their 60th reunion. Retired in Owl’s Head and a part-time lobsterman, Al is blessed with 5 children, 7 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. From Legacy Portland Press Herald https://obituaries.pressherald.com/obituaries/mainetoday-pressherald/obituary.aspx?n=alvin-s-mcneilly&pid=171447133&fhid=20930 Alvin S. McNeilly, 93 OWLS HEAD -- Alvin S. McNeilly, 93, died Thursday, June 19, 2014 An accomplished and studied baseball player, Al served as Captain of the 1944 University of Maine Black Bears Baseball Team. He later played in the Northern League with the St. Johnsbury Yankees and the Portland Pilots. He was a proud member of the State of Maine Baseball Hall of Fame. Since graduating from the University of Maine, Al has been a staunch supporter of that institution and served several years as President of the General Alumni Association, and was a past president of the University of Maine Development Council. Entering the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, Al served as a First Lieutenant Navigator on a B-29, with the 19th Bombardment Group, flying more than 30 missions over Japan. He was awarded three Air Medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross. Returning from his military service, in 1947, Al was offered a contract with the Boston Red Sox, but chose his wife and family over a sports career.

A three-sport late-bloomer at Portland High School in the WWI years, Johnny Meader was most closely identified with baseball thereafter as he left his mark -- every inch the flaming competitor on many a college and semi-pro diamond in the Northeast and Canada. This true Bulldog was the All-Telegram shortstop for Portland's league contenders in 1944; solid in all phases of defense and offense, far-ranging afield with a sure glove and accurate arm, knew his way around the bases, one way or another. An early introduction to the renowned Portland Twilight League in 1943 -- between his junior and senior years at PHS -- saw Johnny help the “Y” Mariners to that circuits championship. After two years of Navy service, 1944-46, Meader enrolled at Portland Junior College and played three seasons for that institution's classy aggregation of former schoolboy baseball standouts. Along with stints in a Canadian league (St. George de Beauce) and for the Guilford (Maine) Town Team under the management of Maine BHOF 1974 inductee Phil Clark, Johnny got in some telling licks in the Portland Twi and Downeast leagues. The epic Meader achievement came in 1948 when he not only won the Twilight loop’s batting championship but also the Most Valuable Player award as shortstop for the Yudy’s Tires entry, league champions (company owner Yudy Elowitch, 1982 MBHoF inductee, the second baseman). Meader’s all-round prowess gained him a baseball scholarship at the University of Maine in 1950, but Johnny opted instead to accept a basketball scholarship at American International College In Springfield, Mass., where he also extended his baseball career. The summer of 1950 also saw Meader move over to the other side of the keystone as second baseman for the talented Portland Pilots, successors to the Forest City’s entry in the recently-folded Class B New England League. The Pilots of legendary catcher-manager Freddy Harlow, 19/4 MBHOF inductee, won the Downeast League championship. That fast circuit included the Augusta Millionaires (including future Red Sox stars Harry Agganis and Ted Lepcio); the Auburn Asas formed by Bernal Allen and managed by Chick Leahey, 1979 and 1982 MBHOF inductees, respectively, the Farmington Flyers and the Kennebunkport Collegians. Meader would likely have had a longer baseball career, but as Johnny tells it, “A doctor in Springfleld, Mass., found a heart murmur and believed it was time for me to give up strenuous sports and officiating.” Having settled in West Springfield with wife Margaret, whom he met in his A.C.|. term, Meader worked 34 years for Sears Roebuck, recently retiring as head of the home appliance division. The Meader’s raised three children and moved back to Maine to be near their grandchildren. They now reside at Higgins Beach, Scarborough, where they vacationed every summer.

Carl “Stump” Merrill “Stump” Merrill is only 45 but he has already notched several achievements in the baseball world and is now recognized as one of the best teachers of young minor leaguers. As a catcher at Brunswick High, Merrill was so outstanding - he hit .330, .360, and .400-that he was acclaimed Maine’s #1 high school catcher in a recent poll conducted by the Portland Press Herald. And he was so impressive on both diamond and gridiron that he was welcomed at the University of Maine at Orono, where he became one of the Black Bears’ best. It was at Orono that “The Stumper’ performed for Jack Butterfield (Maine H O F’er ‘80). This would prove critical in Carl’s career because the astute Butterfield would later open the door to New York Yankee baseball for his one-time field general. In 1964 the Black Bears-with Butterfield at the helm, the stocky 5’8” Merrill behind the plate, a superb Joe Ferris on the mound, and a sparkling Dick Devarney at shortstop became the first UMO team to participate in the College World Series. And what a debut it was! Merrill and his mates finished third in the nation with a 3-2 record. “Stump spent six years in the Phillies organization, where he eventually attained AAA status at Eugene in the Pacific Coast League. He was always considered an excellent receiver, a fine handler of pitchers and a top-notch leader. It was inevitable that he would become a teacher of the game. After a stint as a coach under John Winkin at UMO and a short but successful career in the American Legion ranks he returned to the pro ranks with the Yankees. With the Yankees over the past 13 years “Stump” has done just about everything. He has been a loyal, dependable, hard-working “company man’. He has managed at every level of the minor leagues and he has amassed an enviable record. He has notched over 600 wins and at one point had 5 pennants in 7 years, including the 1984 International League flag at Columbus. He has enjoyed brief periods as a coach with the parent Yankees. Although he began the 1989 season as the Coordinator of Minor League Operations for the Yankees, he soon was back in the dugout and at press time he was the manager of the Prince William Cannons in the Class A Carolina League. Although his first love is baseball, Merrill is also recognized for his football coaching as an aide at Bowdoin and had been acclaimed as a stellar basketball official until a degenerative arthritic knee began to slow him down. “The Stumper” residers in Topsham with his wife Carol and Daughters Leslie and Carin. Welcome to the Hall of Fame to Maine’s #1 New York Yankee. https://goblackbears.com/news/2018/10/4/2018-umaine-sports-hall-of-fame-inductee-1964-baseball-team.aspx From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stump_Merrill Carl Harrison "Stump" Merrill (born February 15, 1944 in Brunswick, Maine) is a former manager in Major League Baseball who served as manager of the New York Yankees in 1990 and 1991. Merrill has spent four decades in the Yankees organization, and has also managed several of the Yankees' minor league affiliates. https://www.wabi.tv/content/sports/Stump-Merrill-483530791.html

As thousands of other returning World War II veterans, Del Merrill came home and enrolled in college. In 1946, Merrill, who had served for three years in the Marine Corps and participated in the historic battle of lwo Jima, began an association with Husson College that would take him from freshman to president. During his first two years at Husson, Merrill captained the varsity baseball and basketball teams in the 1946-47 and 1947-48 seasons. He led the baseball team in hitting, compiling an average of more then .500 in 1948.The same season he won the Gattrell Medal as the team leader in RBI. A native of Ellsworth, Merrill’s first post-war educational experience at Husson earned him a diploma in business teacher education in 1948. After five years as an instructor and coach at Sullivan High School and Sumner Memorial High School in West Sullivan, Merrill continued his studies at Husson. In 1954, he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude. A year later, Merrill joined Husson’s administrative staff. Director of athletics from 1956-1974, Merrill was promoted to administrative vice president in 1973,a position he held for five During this period, he completed study for a Master’s degree in education at the University of Maine (M.Ed.) cum laude in 1964. In 1968 he received a certificate of advanced graduate study with a major in administration summa cum laude form Maine. He was also elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. In 1978, Husson’s board of trustees elected Merrill as the college’s fourth president, a position he held until retirement in 1987. During his tenure, in 1985, Husson awarded him an honorary doctorate (DBA) in business administration. It wasn’t all work for Merrill in the summer. He played for the Ellsworth Red Wings for three seasons; played and coached the Sullivan town team for two more in the Coastal League; and was 4a member of the Ellsworth AC’s for two seasons. Merrill was chosen as an all-star every year, recorded two no-hitters and several one-hitters. There is much more that might be said about this extraordinary life. But let one of his former baseball players Husson, Harry Greenfield, tell the story. “Through Delly’s coaching, I was drafted by the Boston Red Sox and played for four years. Delly was my guidance in so many ways to achieve my desire of being a baseball professional. Del loved baseball and knew how to coach it. He has always been a competitive winner, on and off the field” From Legacy Pages Portland Press Herald https://obituaries.pressherald.com/obituaries/mainetoday-pressherald/obituary.aspx?n=delmont-n-merrill&pid=142090337 Dr. Delmont N. Merrill, 84 ELLSWORTH -- Dr. Delmont N. Merrill, 84, President Emeritus, Husson University, died April 19, 2010 . Del's participation in organized sports spanned the era from 1939 until 1979. He was a star player, coach, director of athletics, a high school and collegiate basketball official and served as State Basketball Commissioner from 1975-1978. https://www.husson.edu/alumni/_assets/husson-alumni-ledger-fall2010.pdf

Merrill gained early baseball fame with a no-hit pitching performance for Barnstable Mass in the Cape Cod league. Signed by the Cleveland Indians, he had a 15-7 record with the New Orleans Pelicans in 1938 and a 16-7 mark with Wilkes-Barre PA of the Eastern league in '39. He pitched for Macon GA in the Sally League in 1940 but his career was cut short by a shoulder injury and World War II. He returned to Augusta to become Cony High Schools biggest booster and hardest working volunteer worker for more than 35 years. Maine Sunday Telegram October 1977

Portland native Steve Merrill has been an integral part of both the competition and camaraderie inherent in Maine Baseball for over four decades. A solid, resourceful performer at the youth, high school, college, and adult levels. Steve has passed his love of the game on to new generations of players, fans, and families through his coaching efforts at Gorham High School (977-2003). His Yarmouth teams were state champions in 1991, 1994, and 1995, and at one point put together a 44 winning streak. As a young player Steve helped the Deering Babe Ruth Leaguers to a state title in 1968, winning the Frank Vail Memorial Trophy as tournament MVP in the process. In 1970 Steve played for Telegram League Champion Deering High School, and that summer his Caldwell Post squad won the state American Legion championship. Steve pitched for the University of Massachusetts baseball team for four years, and weeks after graduation he and his new bride Patty (Bowler) drove across the country to the University of Oregon, where Steve earned his Masters Degree. Shortly thereafter he returned to Maine to launch successful careers in teaching and coaching. Once back in his home state Steve competed with distinction for over two decades for several different Twilight league and Maine Senior nines. Steve and Patty are the proud parents of Greg, Nick, and Jon. All three Merrill boys played baseball for Windham High School, where their father currently serves as athletic director.