The 6’9 lefty power hitter and first baseman was one of the most famous players in the game. He was a star player around Washington Park before he went to DuSable High School, thanks to the guidance of Dan Dumas. His guidance was not always divine as he would sneak out from Sunday School for […]
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Tony Canna began his umpiring career after World War II in South Chicago and the East Side of Chicago with Jim Allen’s organization. Shortly after that he joined Jim Edgeworth and the “Official Empire’s Association” which he controlled later in his life. Tony worked with this organization until his retirement from officiating At the ,
Pioneer softball players and umpires remember Jim Canna as a knowledgeable, fair, and dependable umpire whose reputation was always above reproach. A 1938 graduate of Hirsch High School, he began his umpiring career with Jim Allen in the Southwest Umpires Association in 1944 at parks on the southeast side of Chicago, including Avalon, Grand Crossing,
