Camden County Freeholders Honor Ten Great Coaches Among Other Sports Legends
For Immediate Release: October 29, 2009
Contacts: KEN SHUTTLEWORTH

WHAT: Ten of this year’s 14 inductees into the five-year-old Camden County Sports Hall of Fame are well-known coaches. Several women will be honored, including Maryanna Watson Barr, considered the greatest scorer in the history of field hockey while at Gloucester High School from 1959 to 1962.

Additionally, 54 old timers will be honored as Legends. For the most part, the Legends played in the first half of the 20th Century and are now deceased. Typical of the Legends is the late Fred Heimach, who signed a major league contract at the age of 20 to pitch for Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics (now the Oakland A’s). Heimach joined the starting rotation in 1922, then moved onto Boston in 1926, then to the Yankees in 1928 and helped them win a world championship as a reliever. He frequently visited his home in Camden’s Cramer Hill section, stopping at his father’s pool hall accompanied by Babe Ruth and other teammates.

Editors: Detailed news releases on the inductees and Legends are available at www.Camdencounty.com . Click onto latest news releases and look for entries dates Oct. 1 and Oct. 21, 2009.

WHERE: Lucien’s Manor
81 West White Horse Pike
Berlin, NJ 08009.

WHEN: Friday, Oct. 30, starting with a cocktail hour at 4 p.m. and continuing through the evening. Dinner begins at 6 with the march of the 14 inductees into the banquet room. Dinner will start immediately after the brief introductions and the induction ceremonies will begin shortly after 7.

PHOTO EDITORS: One of the best photo opportunities is scheduled at 6 p.m. with the march into the banquet hall of the 14 inductees who will be announced one by one, then stand as a group to a round of applause from approximately 300 well wishers before dinner is served.

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