This article brought back many memories from the 50's. That is the 1950's. Ha-Ha. I saw many games at the Rayen Stadium and after the game usually went to The Twentieth Century Restaurant on Belmont Avenue for a spinning bowl salad, they always had dill pickles on the tables, and great food and friendship with a lot of other people. Those were the days. I hope that this stadium works out well for Youngstown and although I no longer live in the area, Youngstown will always be home for me.
I was a member of the knot hole gang back when the Youngstown Athletics Baseball Team played at Idora. When a ball was hit outside the stadium if I got the ball and turned it back to them I got in to watch the games free. I remember one player by the name of Chuck Harig. He was a short muscular guy that on occasions would hit a ball over the right field fence and it would bounce off of the Jack Rabbit. My wife and I were at what was Rock Ridge in 1984 playing tennis and we saw the smoke from the fire which was on the Wildcat. The best thing that I remember about Idora Park was their wonderful greasy french fries. Pour vinegar and salt on them and you would have been eating like a king.
Gridiron greatness kicks off tonight in the Valley
This article brought back many memories from the 50's. That is the 1950's. Ha-Ha. I saw many games at the Rayen Stadium and after the game usually went to The Twentieth Century Restaurant on Belmont Avenue for a spinning bowl salad, they always had dill pickles on the tables, and great food and friendship with a lot of other people. Those were the days. I hope that this stadium works out well for Youngstown and although I no longer live in the area, Youngstown will always be home for me.
August 23, 2012 at 9:37 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Idora historian revives memories of Youngstown’s amusement park
I was a member of the knot hole gang back when the Youngstown Athletics Baseball Team played at Idora. When a ball was hit outside the stadium if I got the ball and turned it back to them I got in to watch the games free. I remember one player by the name of Chuck Harig. He was a short muscular guy that on occasions would hit a ball over the right field fence and it would bounce off of the Jack Rabbit.
My wife and I were at what was Rock Ridge in 1984 playing tennis and we saw the smoke from the fire which was on the Wildcat. The best thing that I remember about Idora Park was their wonderful greasy french fries. Pour vinegar and salt on them and you would have been eating like a king.
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