Alabama Florida League Team Photos – Thomasville Reunion

Charles East went to a reunion of the semi-pro « Thomasville Ramblers » in Thomasville,
Alabama in June of 2002. . He reports that around 15 of the former players 
from 1940’s and 1950’s showed up, including former AFL player, Robert England.
The Thomasville Ramblers played in numerous semi-pro leagues, including
the Blackbelt League and the Pine Belt League.

There are two players
with AFL ties  represented here:  Roy « Double » Edge.  Edge played
briefly with pre-AFL Donaldsonville before the town of Thomasville met (and
exceeded) his professional salary.
and Robert England.  He played for
Holt « Cat » Milner at Dothan in 1952. England batted .314 that year, his last in
professional ball.

Charles also talked with length with Jack Cleary,
who is (baseball player and scout)  Ivy Griffin’s nephew.  He told
me Ivy’s professional career came to an end with a broken collar bone
following
his altercation with an umpire in 1924. It was Griffin who signed a number
of AFL players, including England  and Dothan stars Jimmy Cantrell, John
Beasley,  and Jim Coker.

Roy « Double » Edge
Ivy Griffin
Glenn Scarborough       Glenn Daniels
Glenn Scarborough’s Rambler Uniform
The Thomasville Ramblers were a  legendary semi-pro team. Between 1949-1950
they won 2 league titles (Black Belt League in 1949, Pine Belt League in 1950)
and had an astounding record of 65-9.  
Robert England
Reunion – The Thomasville Ramblers
Thomasville Ramblers all-time roster members:

Joe Wright                     
Harvey McClinton                      
Freck
McClinton?                     
Jack
Cleary
Billy Spinks                   
Gerald
Crocker                           
Laury
Englett                             
Duff
Frank
Lee                      
Conerly                                         
Roy
Riley                                     
Hubie
Shepherd
Fred
Nichols                 
Finley
Daugherty                       
Stanley
Daugherty                    
Harry
Moore
Cat
Stephens               
Tommie
Joe
Tarleton                
McKelvey                                     
Glenn
Daniels
Bob England                
Roy Edge                                     
Leon
Scarbrough                      
Carroll
Scarbrough
Ed
Warren                     
Coley?                                          
Jones?                                         
Cy
Lowery
Billy
Parsons                
Parnell
or
Pernell                       
Johnny
Hedgecock                  
Benny
Hoven
Tom
LeGros                  
Laury
Englett                              
Jack
Creswell                              Bill Ford
Dennis Gable or Gabel                                                       
Chastain                                       
Doyle
Daugherty
Les
Patrick                    
Russ
Ladner                               
Glenn
Scott                                 
Sydney
Bathurst
Garrett
McBride           
Tom
Moore                                    LeRoy Thompson                     
Sonny Gates(batboy)