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“At 60 Plus Senior League Players Embrace Both Sport & Friendship”
The first time John Charles Lancaster took “and the added bonus is the camaraderie his position at first base as part of a local that we have for one another.” senior softball league he was more than Lancaster first learned to play ball in 1955, thrilled to play his favorite game. and the last time he had this much fun was Little did this Vietnam veteran, who lost his in an “out-law league” of his Upper Moreright hand in an explosion in October land High School. 1969, know that joining the Montgomery County Senior Softball League (MCSSL) To accommodate his missing hand, he put a U-bolt on his bat, which stops his hook would transform his life. from going down the barrel of the bat. His “Where else can you go and all of a sud- teammates are eager to share his story den you have 160 new friends?” asked 70- and they are proud that acceptance is the year–old Lancaster, of Upper Gwynedd foundation of the 20-year-old MCSSL. Township. As part of the MCSSL, he joins 190 men, “We are all here for one purpose and that’s ages 60 and older, in the summer league, to have a heck of a lot of fun,” he says, and 120 men in the winter league, who 24 February | March 2019
