Washington District of Columbia

Naval Gun Factory Sight Shop Baseball Team about 1908
Furnished by : John Sharp

The boys of summer circa 1908

Baseball has a long history in the District of Columbia and from very early on at the Washington Navy Yard. The photo above is of the Naval Gun Factory Sight Shop Baseball Team about 1908. The team front row left to right

Front Row Middle Row Back Row

James J. Le Roy Mack
Henry Kruger
Gosnell
Eugene Beall
Hicks
Bryan S. Flather
James Mc Cauley Jack Cummings
Arthur E. Klatz
Milton Broome
George Fry
Unknown
Unknown
Arndes
Arthur Harriman
William Potter
Unknown Louis Sherr
Joseph Padgett
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

This photo was taken during lunch brake when the Naval Gun Factory Mechanics played baseball in the NGF Shop league and against other government agencies such as Treasury and Department of Army. The Building on the right is the WNY Firehouse.

Joseph Padgett rear row 2nd from left came from a long line of yard employees, his father Joseph, had also worked at the yard and is mentioned numerous times in the diary of Michael Shiner. In 1908 he was 65 years old he would finally retire in 1920 at age 77. Like many other yard employees his own son (A.E. Padgett) and grandson (Chester Morgan) continued the family tradition. Joseph Padgett first came to work at the Yard in 1855 as a youthful apprentice. He spent over half a century in the NGF's Shops. He had a long-standing enthusiasm for baseball and was a member of the factory baseball team for many years.

Sources:
National Archives and Records Administration St. Louis Mo.
Official Personnel Folders of Joseph Padgett and A.E. Padgett
Recreator Year Book of the Naval Gun Factory 1920
Sharp, John G, History of the Washington Navy Yard Civilian Workforce 1799-1962
Vindolanda Press Stockton CA 2005
Photo courtesy Naval Historical Center Photographic Archive



The boys of summer circa 1908
	Baseball has a long history in the District of Columbia and from very early on at the Washington Navy Yard. The photo above is of the Naval Gun Factory Sight Shop Baseball Team about 1908. The team front row left to right
	Front Row	Middle Row	Back Row
	James J. Le Roy Mack Henry Kruger Gosnell Eugene Beall Hicks Bryan S. Flather James Mc Cauley	Jack Cummings Arthur E. Klatz Milton Broome George Fry Unknown Unknown Arndes Arthur Harriman William Potter Unknown	Louis Sherr Joseph Padgett Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown

	This photo was taken during lunch brake when the Naval Gun Factory Mechanics played baseball in the NGF Shop league and against other government agencies such as Treasury and Department of Army. The Building on the right is the WNY Firehouse. Joseph Padgett rear row 2nd from left came from a long line of yard employees, his father Joseph, had also worked at the yard and is mentioned numerous times in the diary of Michael Shiner. In 1908 he was 65 years old he would finally retire in 1920 at age 77. Like many other yard employees his own son (A.E. Padgett) and grandson (Chester Morgan) continued the family tradition. Joseph Padgett first came to work at the Yard in 1855 as a youthful apprentice. He spent over half a century in the NGF's Shops. He had a long-standing enthusiasm for baseball and was a member of the factory baseball team for many years.