The City Series
 

Players and Coaches
In the summer of 1937, James Clyde "Rip" Tracy started talking about dividing up and having a City Series. We decided to divide the teams between the east and west side of 60 highway. Rip said that he was sure the west side could win without much trouble, but I was from the east side and I disagreed. The planning and negotiating started. Rip told me that I couldn't play because I had played with some of the bigger boys and it wouldn't be fair. I didn't think that would be treating me fair, but I agreed not to play if they wouldn't let Loyd Reid, who was a little older, play for them. They agreed to this. Rip said that I could coach the East and we decided that Loyd could coach the West team.    
:an excerpt from "Bubbie" Martin's Rivertown Memories