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Angelo "Razz" Canonica Interview, Tape 1 Side 1
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| Title | Angelo "Razz" Canonica Interview, Tape 1 Side 1 |
| Name | Canonica, Angelo "Razz" |
| Subject | Canonica, Angelo
Baseball
Coal mining
Fire stations
Fire fighters
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| Description | One of the colorful local baseball players of Everett's "Industrial League" during the 1920s and 1930s, "Razz" Canonica was long remembered for his antics on the field and his prowess as a "hook-slider." |
| Notes | 1-10 m: Working in the British Columbia mines; the 1916 Ravensdale Coal Mine Disaster, recovering bodies; 10-15 m: early baseball playing in British Columbia.; catching, hook-sliding, base stealing; company stores; 15-20 m: working conditions in mines; wages, unions; Georgetown saloons; loggers versus miners; 16 ounce. beer for 5 cents.; post-game parties during the prohibition; 20-25 m: playing baseball in Everett in the 1920s; Pulp Mill jobs, conditions; team mate Walter Plautz; underhand pitching; industrial league; passing hat; battleship teams; 25-30 m: Joe Callan; working for Fire Department from 1929-1955; Fire Department team; Sievers' park; Sunday ball at Lundeen's as an old-timer; Snohomish as a baseball town; players "Lefty" Bickford & Steve Ryan; playing shortstop; pitching; working for the Fire Department. |
| Interviewer | David Dilgard and Margaret Riddle |
| Date | 1975-02-13 |
| Size | 14.2 MB |
| Length | 31 minutes, 3 seconds |
| Birthdate | 1892-11-04 |
| Death Date | 1984-06-01 |
| Place of Birth | Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada |
| Place of Death | Marysville, Washington |
| Type | MP3 |
| Language | en |
| Repository | Everett Public Library |
| Rights | Everett Public Library |
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