Membership card for "Happy Felton's Knot-Hole Gang"

From the collection of Brian Strum

Happy Felton was one of the most famous media personalities at Ebbets Field. He had a pre-game children's television show, "Happy Felton's Knot-Hole Gang" (a nostalgic reference to a bygone era when kids without the price of admission would peek at a ballgame through a knothole in the wooden fence), and a post-game show called "Talk to the Stars," where he interviewed two top players from the day's game.

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May 2, 2010 06:00 pm

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"I Was a Member of Happy Feltons Knot Hole Gang.I told Larry King on his Radio show this story also.One saturday at Evertt Field.The Brooklyn Dodgers and The New York Giants was kicking balls around before a Game.Well, Willie Mays Came over to us Kids and said."I,mGoing to hit Home Runs on your Bums today.(Bums is what they called our Brooklyn Dodgers in those days).We all started to cry because this was the Great Willie Mays,and we knew he could do it!(Smile)"

- George H Croom Jr