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Using a baffling underhand delivery. Willie Wood strung together consecutive victories over Saco Valley League opponents in 1930. The string Included four no-hitters. Wood was invited to try out for the Boston Red Sox. but because he was a married man with children, he chose to bypass the chance and remain as baseball coach at Thornton Academy. Several Maine communities were to benefit from that decision. During World War II, Wood coached baseball, basketball and golf for the Saco-Lowell Activities Association. He coached three sports at St. Louis High, once donning a uniform for a football scrimmage. He played a prominent role in developing athletes at CK Burns Grammar School in Saco. Wood became superintendent of parks and in South Portland in 1947 and coached city and American Legion baseball teams. He returned to Saco in 1349 and launched the city’s first recreation program. He was employed by the Weyerhaeuser Co. in Westbrook and died in 1962.

Umpire Rockland, National league from 1893-1897

Bill Ladd’s talents on the baseball diamond as a third baseman and a pitcher were considerable but his zealous spirit as a youth sports leader and booster was legendary. One of Deering High's finest all-around athletes during the World War II years, Ladd twice was named AH- Telegram League third baseman and All-Maine halfback. A star-studded stint at Exeter Academy followed graduation from Deering in 1944. Ladd had the professional scouts drooling when he turned to pitching in the Portland ‘Twilight League. He was a “natural,” but was well into his 20s and had a family to raise with his wife, Ruth. So baseball on a semi-pro level would have to suffice. However, his son Peter carried the genes even further by become a professional baseball player with the Milwaukee Brewers, where he snow a star reliever. Two other sons —Bill Jr. and Mike —were football standouts. It wasn’t surprising that sports ran in the family bloodline. Ladd’s father, Myron, was an esteemed sportsman physician who helped found Portland's Osteopathic Hospital After his Twilight League career ended following service as a Navy gunners mate during World War II, Ladd, born in Mass.. started the Greater Portland Football League for youngsters, he was a virtual one-man operation at first, but his infectious gusto overcame the odds and developed the program. He coached football teams at youth and high school levels, and helped build Caldwell Post into an American Legion powerhouse. Donating time to youngsters was part of his good nature, He died in 1976, leaving an inspirational legacy that won't be forgotten, Said rival Portland football coach Jimmy Sibson: “Bill Ladd was one of the finest athletes, sportsmen and gentlemen I’ve ever encountered in or out of sports. Win, lose or draw, twas a pleasure to go up against his Deering teams a great competitor he was.”

From Retrosheet Baseball info https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phassj901.htm James Hassett Full name James Edward Hassett Born 1869, Portland, Maine Died March 4, 1934, Portland, Maine Buried at Calvary Cemetery, South Portland, Maine Umpired First Game: April 20, 1903; Umpired Final Game: September 14, 1903 Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1903 AL Daily 93 68 25 0 0 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF Ejection Information~Ejections: 1903 (5) Date Team Ejected Reason 7- 2-1903 BOS A Lou Criger Balls and strikes 8- 1-1903 NY A Jack O'Connor Called third strike 9- 7-1903(1) WAS A Malachi Kittridge Called third strike 9- 9-1903(1) BOS A Buck Freeman 9-12-1903 NY A Herm McFarland Balls and strikes

UMO HOF Student - Athlete / Administrator Hackett, Albert F. ’53 (BS, BSK, ADM)

Maine State Legislator, Mayor of Augusta (Maine) Sylvio J. Gilbert School in Augusta was named in his honor.