SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:01:16
Discussion about his service as a police officer; 1938, 1952, RCMP, police, policemen, police chief, Springhill.
SIDE A 00:01:16 -- 00:02:19
Discussion about bootlegging and how they transported rum; bootlegging, rum runners, rum, rum running, bootleggers.
SIDE A 00:02:19 -- 00:03:08
Discussion about his father's work as a police officer that dealt exclusively with the labour unions; union, police officers.
SIDE A 00:03:08 -- 00:03:48
Discussion about Springhill and the coal mines; fires, mining, mines, Springhill.
SIDE A 00:03:48 -- 00:10:49
Discussion about the tricks of the bootleggers; bootlegging, rum runners, tricks, prohibition, Wallace.
SIDE A 00:10:49 -- 00:12:27
Discussion about violence between the police and bootleggers; bootlegging, rum runners, prohibition, violence.
SIDE A 00:12:27 -- 00:15:45
Discussion about coal miners' wages versus police work and the accidents in the coal mines; miners, coal, wages, police, accidents, Springhill.
SIDE A 00:15:45 -- 00:16:14
Discussion about Springhill; Springhill.
SIDE A 00:16:14 -- 00:19:36
Discussion about his baseball career with the Springhill Fencebusters; baseball, Springhill Fencebusters, negro league, baseball players, baseball teams.
SIDE A 00:19:36 -- 00:21:41
Discussion about the many baseball teams around the Atlantic Region and how the teams would bring in players from the States; baseball, baseball players, baseball teams.
SIDE A 00:21:41 -- 00:25:03
Discussion about hockey players that came from Nova Scotia, The Amherst St. Pats, and the large crowds that would come to the games; hockey, baseball, Springhill Fencebusters, Amherst, Amherst St. Pats.
SIDE A 00:25:03 -- 00:28:02
Discussion about The Springhill Racetrack, population growths and declines, his jobs digging coal, and becoming an RCMP officer; racetracks, horses, population, wrestling, entertainment, RCMP, alcohol, prohibition, rum runners bootlegging, RCMP, Springhill.
SIDE A 00:28:02 -- 00:28:30
Discussion about thick rum; rum.
SIDE A 00:28:30 -- 00:30:02
Discussion about the mining disasters caused many deaths including one of his brothers; mining, mines, coal, Springhill, accidents, coal mines.
SIDE A 00:30:02 -- 00:31:56
Discussion about baseball and how he got his nickname; nicknames, baseball, baseball teams, Springhill.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:56.
SIDE B 00:32:04 -- 00:33:47
Discussion about the many plaques and photos on his wall; police.
SIDE B 00:33:47 -- 00:35:15
Sailor explains how small town police officers need to know the situation of the many different people in their town; police, police officers.
SIDE B 00:35:15 -- 00:36:39
Sailor talks about how he lost a second brother to the mines, how they played hockey against Amherst, and being raised poor; hockey, poverty, coal mines, mines, coal mining, accidents, Amherst, Springhill.
SIDE B 00:36:39 -- 00:39:05
Discussion about wild dances in Springhill, baseball brawls, and where they played; Victoria Park, baseball, fighting, brawls, Springhill, dances, fights.
SIDE B 00:39:05 -- 00:40:08
Sailor talks about escorting "Whipper" Billy Watson the wrestler and how he raised 50,000 dollars for the town after the first mine disaster; wrestling, wrestler, Billy Watson, charity.
SIDE B 00:40:08 -- 00:42:47
Discussion about escorting Prince Philip when he came to visit after the mining distasters; Springhill, Prince Philip, royalty, disasters.
SIDE B 00:42:47 -- 00:43:20
Discussion about escorting Maurice Richard when he came to town; Montreal Canadiens, hockey, Rocket Richard, Maurice Richard, hockey players.
SIDE B 00:43:20 -- 00:45:13
Discussion about baseball and hockey; baseball, hockey, Springhill, Charlie Paul, MLB.
SIDE B 00:45:13 -- 00:46:54
Mrs. Annie MacDonald is interviewed about how wives dealt with the mining death and how people moved away after the mine collapsed; disasters, mines, coal mines, Springhill, population, coal mining.
SIDE B 00:46:54 -- 00:47:38
Sailor talks about his boxing career; boxing, fights, fighting.
SIDE B 00:47:38 -- 00:48:18
Discussion about being the longest serving police chief in Canada; Canada, police chief, police.
SIDE B 00:48:18 -- 00:48:58
Sailor talks about his favorite modern day baseball players; baseball, 1994, baseball players, sports, MLB.
SIDE B 00:48:58 -- 00:50:54
Dutch reads the names of the local hockey team that Sailor was on in 1938 and they talk about the big crowd at the game against the Amherst St. Pats; Amherst St. Pats, hockey, Amherst, Springhill, hockey teams.
SIDE B 00:50:54 -- 00:51:39
Discussion about joining the police force at a young age and joining the RCMP; police, RCMP, police officers.
SIDE B 00:51:39 -- 00:53:17
Sailor talks about playing against Charlottetown and St. Steven; baseball, Charlottetown, St. Steven, baseball teams.
SIDE B 00:53:17 -- 00:59:11
Discussion about being selected to the Maritime AllStars in 1936; baseball, Maritime All Stars, 1936, baseball players, awards.
SIDE B 00:59:11 -- 01:00:15
Discussion about the Springhill Fencebusters' "Million Dollar Infield"; baseball, Springhill, Springhill Fencebusters.
SIDE B 01:00:15 -- 01:01:24
Discussion about baseball salaries in 1994; salaries, 1994, baseball.
SIDE B 01:01:24 -- 01:04:03
Sailor talks about his favorite baseball players and mentions that he played a game against Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey; Babe Ruth, Joe Dimaggio, Roberto Alomar, Jack Dempsey, New York Yankees, baseball, 1994, MLB.
Tape ends at 01:04:03.
