Book: Mexican American Baseball in the San Fernando Valley
Author: Richard A. Santillan, Victoria C. Norton, Christopher Docter, Monica Ortez, and Richard Arroyo
ISBN-13: 978-1-4671-3452-1
U-$0.20-B-0.0048712312-BE-41
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Chapter 1: The City of San Fernando
Questions
1.
Why did families emigrate from Mexico to the City of San Fernando?
2.
From where did the Mexican American families come from/moved from?
3.
Japanese and European immigrants also settled in the city during this time. True or False
4.
When was the first organized baseball team established in San Fernando?
5.
What were the names of the semiprofessional teams created after World War 1?
6.
Who held spring training at San Fernando Park from the Pacific Coast League?
7.
In San Fernando, baseball was used as a vehicle for what?
8.
What did playing softball enabled women in San Fernando to do?
9.
On page 10 photograph at the top, what year was photo taken?
10.
On page 10, when was San Fernando Grammar School opened?
11.
On page 11, where was the 1910 game being played at?
12.
What was located between Chatsworth and Wolfskill Streets?
13.
What company sponsored the 1915 team on the top photograph on page 12?
14.
Who sponsored the 1920 San Fernando Merchant team?
15.
Who managed and coached several Pacoima and San Fernando teams in the 1920s and 1940s on page 13?
16.
On page 14, what is the name of the name that his family immigrated to Arizona from Mexico in the early 1900s, traveling on the backs of mules?
17.
On page 14, who drove a team of mules hauling wood to an Arizona town?
18.
What is the name of the first Catholic Church in the San Fernando Valley?
19.
What year was Santa Rosa Church established?
20.
Which church had English masses?
21.
Which church had Spanish masses?
22.
Sunkist is what company?
23.
On page 16, who became a personal pitching trainer for Don Drysdale?
24.
On page 17, which team was sponsored by the San Fernando Athletic Association?
25.
St. Ferdinand School is the old site of what company?
26.
Who retired as the chief of police and was once the manager of the San Fernando Market?
27.
What 1917 movie was filmed on the Miranda property?
28.
Where is the Miranda Adobe house located?
29.
On page 20, who played for the Detroit Tigers?
30.
Was there a Japanese-American community in San Fernando in the 1940s?
31.
Where did the San Fernando Aces play their games?
32.
Which team was once known as the San Fernando Merchants?
33.
On page 26, which professional baseball teams conducted spring-training at San Fernando Park?
34.
On page 29, many African American families that moved to the Valley were relegated to Pacoima because of housing restrictions for people of color before the 1960s. True or False
