SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:01:04
A brief talk about the Kings County League that lasted from the early 1920s to the late 1930s; Kings County, baseball, 1920s, 1930s.
SIDE A 00:01:04 -- 00:03:14
Discussion about a game in which he struck out 26 batters; pitching, baseball, strike outs.
SIDE A 00:03:14 -- 00:06:30
Fiddler talks about his team the Peakes Hawks beating the Charlottetown Dodgers and the players on both teams; Charlottetown Dodgers, Charlottetown, Peakes, Peakes Hawks, baseball players, baseball.
SIDE A 00:06:30 -- 00:08:10
Disscusion about Fiddler's best pitch, his fastball, and how he practiced it on the farm; pitching, baseball.
SIDE A 00:08:10 -- 00:09:41
Discussion about how the Hawks got to the game, the large crowd, the players on the teams, and the umpire Bill Ryan; baseball, baseball players, Bill Ryan, umpires.
SIDE A 00:09:41 -- 00:11:40
Discussion about playing in Dromore and the flour bag uniforms the players had that were made by their wives; Peakes Hawks, uniforms, Dromore, flour bag clothes, baseball.
SIDE A 00:11:40 -- 00:12:26
Discussion about the teams in Mount Stewart and their players; Mount Stewart, baseball players, baseball teams.
SIDE A 00:12:26 -- 00:14:08
Discussion about going directly from church to the ball field, the uniforms they had, and how much gloves and balls cost from the Eaton's catalogue; church, baseball, baseball gloves, Sundays, gloves, Eaton's.
SIDE A 00:14:08 -- 00:19:52
Discussion about the great players in the area and pitching both ends of a double header against Liverpool; baseball, pitching, pitchers, baseball players, Charlottetown, Liverpool.
SIDE A 00:19:52 -- 00:22:01
Fiddler talks about being payed 20 dollars a week to play for the Amherst St. Pats; baseball, Amherst, Amherst St. Pats.
SIDE A 00:22:01 -- 00:23:06
Discussion about the New York Colored Giants; racism, segregation, baseball, New York, New York Colored Giants.
SIDE A 00:23:06 -- 00:26:34
Fiddler's fastball speed and power; baseball, fastball, pitching.
SIDE A 00:26:34 -- 00:28:31
Discussion about serving in WWII, going to Holland and Germany, and a game he played in Newfoundland against an American team; baseball, WWII, baseball players.
SIDE A 00:28:31 -- 00:30:39
Discussion about Fiddler's coaching career, the players, and the teams; baseball, pitchers, 1994, MLB, coaching.
SIDE A 00:30:39 -- 00:31:49
Discussion about the "Sailor" pitch and the kinds of pitches he threw; pitching, fastball, baseball, pitchers.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:49.
SIDE B 00:31:55 -- 00:33:20
Discussion about his family backround and the Cherry Hill Healing Springs; healing springs, Cherry Hill.
SIDE B 00:33:20 -- 00:35:00
Discussion about Peakes Station and why it was named after the Peakes Brothers; Peakes, Peakes Station, general stores.
SIDE B 00:35:00 -- 00:35:51
Discussion about the MacDonald family of Peakes Station; MacDonald.
SIDE B 00:35:51 -- 00:36:19
Discussion about playing baseball on Sunday; baseball, Sundays, umpires.
SIDE B 00:36:19 -- 00:39:59
Discussion about baseball uniforms and being transported from Mt. Stewart to Georgetown by horse and wagon for a ball game; uniforms, Georgetown, baseball, traveling, fights.
SIDE B 00:39:59 -- 00:42:49
Discussion about school, teaching, and being taught; school, teaching, fires.
SIDE B 00:42:49 -- 00:44:30
Discussion about Mt. Stewart stores; Mt. Stewart, stores, general stores.
SIDE B 00:44:30 -- 00:46:13
Discussion about fights in Dromore; dances, fights, Dromore, McGirk, drinking, moonshine, Hughes, fighting.
SIDE B 00:46:13 -- 00:49:55
Discussion about moonshine and how to make it; moonshine, prohibition, stills, rum, alcohol, dances.
SIDE B 00:49:55 -- 00:51:44
Discussion about alcohol during prohibition, liquor scripts, and the doctors that would write them; liquor scripts, prohibition, rum runners.
SIDE B 00:51:44 -- 00:52:48
Discussion about Fiddler's age along with how he got his nickname; age, nicknames.
SIDE B 00:52:48 -- 00:54:00
Discussion about bootleggers in Peakes and Charlottetown; bootleggers, rum runners, prohibition, Charlottetown, Peakes, rum, alcohol.
SIDE B 00:54:00 -- 00:54:27
Discussion about where he and his wife Pat met; marriage, courting, Pat MacDonald.
SIDE B 00:54:27 -- 00:56:52
Discussion about attending St. Dunstan's College; school, St. Dustan's College, St. Dunstan's, sports, university, education.
SIDE B 00:56:52 -- 00:58:01
Discussion about a record for the longest baseball throw; baseball.
SIDE B 00:58:01 -- 00:58:32
Discussion about Fiddler's baseball heroes; heroes, hero, baseball, Micky Mantle, Babe Ruth, Joe Dimaggio.
SIDE B 00:58:32 -- 00:59:32
Discussion about Fiddler's proudest moments in Baseball; negro league, racism, segregation, baseball.
SIDE B 00:59:32 -- 01:00:34
Discussion about Afican Canadians in the Maritimes; racism, segregation, African Canadians.
SIDE B 01:00:34 -- 01:01:06
Discussion about modern day players and their salaries; 1994, baseball, salaries, MLB.
SIDE B 01:01:06 -- 01:01:32
Discussion about Fiddler's chances to make the major league in the States; baseball, pro sports.
SIDE B 01:01:32 -- 01:01:42
Discussion about pitching a great game in Halifax and getting booed for it; sportsmanship, baseball, pitching.
SIDE B 01:01:42 -- 01:03:41
Discussion about the baseball teams in the Maritimes; baseball, Halifax, liverpool, Moncton, Amherst, baseball teams.
Tape ends at 01:03:41.
