{"id":9023,"date":"2011-03-14T15:49:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T22:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=9023"},"modified":"2011-03-14T22:42:49","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T05:42:49","slug":"dow-acs-had-strong-influence-with-boys-in-midland-in-1940s-and-1950s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=9023","title":{"rendered":"Dow AC’s had strong influence with boys in Midland in 1940s and 1950s"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dan Chalk, Midland Daily News<\/em><\/strong>
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Heroes.<\/p>\n

Superstars.<\/p>\n

And everyday citizens of Midland.<\/p>\n

In the 1940s and 1950s, the Dow ACs men’s fastpitch softball team won two national championships and a world championship. But the legendary players and coaches, like Clyde “Lefty” Dexter, Al Linde, and Jimmy Walsh, didn’t stop there. Through coaching and mentoring youth, they also helped lay the groundwork for today’s flourishing sports community in Midland. Their fingerprints can be found in such organizations as Little League and Pee Wee football, and the ACs were a springboard for Midland becoming a town known for producing outstanding softball organizations such as McArdle’s and the Midland Explorers. Click here for the rest of the story.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Editor’s note:<\/strong> Midland, Michigan was the host of last year’s ISC World Tournament and has a rich history of fastpitch in their community, with the foundation laid by teams like the Dow AC’s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Dan Chalk, Midland Daily News Heroes. Superstars. And everyday citizens of Midland. In the 1940s and 1950s, the Dow ACs men’s fastpitch softball team won two national championships and a world championship. But the legendary players and coaches, like Clyde “Lefty” Dexter, Al Linde, and Jimmy Walsh, didn’t stop there. Through coaching and mentoring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,21],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-isc","8":"category-teams","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9023"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9054,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9023\/revisions\/9054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}