Wizard Of Waxahachie LbNA #70776
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle
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| Plant date: | Dec 1, 2016 |
| Location: | Hillcrest Park Cemetery |
| City: | Waxahachie |
| County: | Ellis |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | hibiscuschick |
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| Last found: | Apr 22, 2019 |
| Status: | FFFFFa |
| Last edited: | Sep 27, 2017 |
*** Part of my TX Baseball Series ***
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 100 yards RT)
Recommended Ink: brown
Status: alive
Paul Richards was born on November 21, 1908 in Waxahachie, TX and attended Waxahachie High School when they won 65 consecutive games and three state baseball championships from 1922-25. He went on to play catcher on several Major League Baseball teams and won a World Series with the Detroit Tigers in 1945. After retiring, he became the manager of the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles, then served as the General Manager for the Orioles, the Houston Colt .45s and the Atlanta Braves. While managing he went against the perceived common wisdom by relying on pitching, good defense, speed and stolen bases to manufacture runs with a strategy now known as small ball. He also helped young catchers and is best known for designing the oversized catcher's mitt to handle knuckleball pitchers. All of these innovations earned him the nickname "The Wizard Of Waxahachie". After he died in 1986, the town of Waxahachie renamed the park where the High School team plays Paul Richards Park, and a monument to him was placed near the entrance. He was buried in Hillcrest Park Cemetery, where this box can be found.
Directions:
From I35E go northwest on US 287 for 0.8 mile, then left into Hillcrest Park Cemetery (Rosemont) and park near entrance.
Clues:
Walk right (NW) along fence, then hedge, for 75 steps to grave of Paul Richards. Go right a few steps to Nichols stone and look on right side beneath hedge branches for LB under a rock.
Hike length: 0.1 miles
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 100 yards RT)
Recommended Ink: brown
Status: alive
Paul Richards was born on November 21, 1908 in Waxahachie, TX and attended Waxahachie High School when they won 65 consecutive games and three state baseball championships from 1922-25. He went on to play catcher on several Major League Baseball teams and won a World Series with the Detroit Tigers in 1945. After retiring, he became the manager of the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles, then served as the General Manager for the Orioles, the Houston Colt .45s and the Atlanta Braves. While managing he went against the perceived common wisdom by relying on pitching, good defense, speed and stolen bases to manufacture runs with a strategy now known as small ball. He also helped young catchers and is best known for designing the oversized catcher's mitt to handle knuckleball pitchers. All of these innovations earned him the nickname "The Wizard Of Waxahachie". After he died in 1986, the town of Waxahachie renamed the park where the High School team plays Paul Richards Park, and a monument to him was placed near the entrance. He was buried in Hillcrest Park Cemetery, where this box can be found.
Directions:
From I35E go northwest on US 287 for 0.8 mile, then left into Hillcrest Park Cemetery (Rosemont) and park near entrance.
Clues:
Walk right (NW) along fence, then hedge, for 75 steps to grave of Paul Richards. Go right a few steps to Nichols stone and look on right side beneath hedge branches for LB under a rock.
Hike length: 0.1 miles