Edd J. Roush (May 8, 1893 – March 21, 1988) was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
For over one hundred years, baseball has been played on the Parkhurst Field grounds.
"Pop" Watkins and his Havana Red Sox, who have won 36 games this season and only lost seven, will be there Saturday afternoon to play the Elks at Parkhurst Field.
This article dated 5/26/1923 previews this afternoon‟s semi-pro baseball game on Parkhurst Field featuring the newly-formed Elks team vs. the Knox Gelatines of Johnstown.