Lucky Lager
Area: San Francisco
Year: circa 1945
Back row (left to right): Nick Gregory, Gene Paccini, Walter Greggains, Roy Horne, Melvin Fitzsimmons, Pete Cruiser
Middle row (left to right): Bob McCullough, Tom Meyers, Ducky Mahoney, Phil Schaser, Joe Wagner, Ralph Fry, Pete Caruso
Front row (left to right): Tarantino, Jim Young, Ralph Fry’s son (bat boy), unidentified
Advertisement appeared in the 14th annual (1946) Nealon Benefit Games program.
Title: Reliable, Capitol, Lucky Lager Triumph
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1948
Team: Lucky Lager, Reliable Drugs, Verdi Club, Capitol Cleaners
Description: See article above for details and box-scores*
Excerpt from a 1948 San Francisco newspaper.
Lucky Lager
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1948
Back row (left to right): unidentified, Bob Arata (of), Chauncey Griggs (coach), Eddie Mayer (p), Jack Buckowatz (inf), Mike Fernandez (1b), Nino Spatafore (utl.),
Jerry Harrington (p), Joe Gaggero (mgr.)
Middle row (left to right): Ray Cuccharini (2b-of), Bernie Esser (c), Pinky Hess (of), *Gino Cimoli (of), unidentified, unidentified, Ralph Zane (c)
Front row (left to right): Greek Emerson (ss), Bert Rich (2b)
*Cimoli played in major league baseball for Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Braves, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and California Angels from 1956 through 1965.
Lucky Lager
Area: San Francisco