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Originally Posted by graniteknighte
You absolute legend, that's bloody amazing that you're able to find all of that out. So basically it sounds like he was a minor leaguer or semi pro player and got a bit famous in town for it?
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A minor league AND a semi-pro player.
Here's his history after 1929 as best I can piece it together.
1930 - Back with Elysburg at start of season; then became coach of Springfield, PA.
1931 -- Manager of Springfield, PA, team.
1932 -- Back with Elysburg.
1933 -- May have spent a short time as catcher for the Catawissa team in the Tri-County League. His obit says he was manager of the team, but I can't find any confirmation through newspaper reports. Also, in 1933, he was selected by former major leaguer Harry Coveleski to be one of the Shamokin All-Stars to play in an exhibition game against the House of David team.
1934 -- Manager of the Fuhrman & Schmidt Brewers, which I think was a team in Shamokin.
1935 -- Manager of a team in the Central Penn League that seems to have been known by two alternate names -- Shamokin Brewers and Bunker Hill Hillites. It was sponsored by the Shamokin Brewing Company.
1936 -- Manager of the Uniontown team in the Central Penn League. He had a sore arm so he stopped being a playing manager.
His obit says he was still an active player in 1937 and 1938, but I couldn't find any newspaper accounts of that happening.
He died on March 15, 1948 in Phoenixville, PA. His obit says that he had operated a cafe at Berry's near Shamolin until 1942, and then he went to Phoenixville to become a steel worker.
His obit claimed that he had managed teams at Muncy, Catawissa, and Elysburg, but I couldn't confirm any of those managerial stints. So I suggest that you not accept that claim.
He had a son named Bill "Chops" Glowacki, Jr. Among other teams, Chops Jr. pitched for the Liberty Hose Company (I assume that was a fire fighters' outfit) of Shamokin in 1952. In the particular game I found, Chops Jr. tossed a two-hitter. Unfortunately, he died of a heart attack at age 39 in 1963. I assume he would have been a distant cousin of yours.