Heights Norhil Little League 1960

[Materene]

Myself and other friends all played on the Heights Little League Team, The Buffs. Most of our games was played there at the park overlooking White Oak Bayou. My Pop donated a 100 dollar bill to the league when I joined, he then purchased me one of the finest out fielder gloves you could find at a sports store. Most of the guys were still using those old fat clammy five thumb gloves, mine was a pro glove with the large long fingers, you could catch the moon with that glove if you could jump high enough. I caught my share of those game stealing right field high balls, if I missed it the ball usually could be found floating in the Bayou! Well I don't know if the Buffs are still around, probably not. How many of you readers ever attended a true Buffalo game at the old BUFF stadium ?

If you missed it I'm sorry for you, here's a few photos off the web of the stadium and a few other artifacs. Just a side note: During WWII my Grandmother worked near the spot where BUFF stadium was at the time, she was a welder building Army Tanks, later she would be welding in Galveston building Liberty Ships. Of course now the furniture store is on the old Buff property, every time over the past 40 years I have driven past that place my thoughts always go back to sitting in that stadium and also visualizing my Grandmother doing her part to win a war, quite a contrast and a very sobering moment for me.