We had a basketball team in the early 60’s that played in the Saturday AM league (inside) at Feltonville Rec. We were “coerced and challanged to field a team by some of the girls we met that attended Dougherty and told us how great the b-ball players were from that area. We were called “Amber” (from Port Richmond area) and we tied the locals for 1st place but lost in the playoffs. Sometimes we had to thumb our way on Sat AM to get there, but it was a lot of fun. Had to pay for our own jerseys and ref fees too.
One year when I was about 11, I played for a team at The Salvation Army on Allegheny Ave. We couldn’t afford jerseys so the Director went into the “Grab Bag” and pulled out 12 yellow, unmatching jerseys, but all yellow. Years later, when My daughter looked at the team picture, she commented, “Gee Dad, you made the All-Star Team!!” She still thinks her Dad was on the All Star Team but I wonder if she thought that every team in the league wore yellow jerseys (even though the pic was B/W)???