The softball memorabilia discovered in a Richmond dumpster by Earl Clapp has found new homes.
The Richmond News reported last week how dumpster diver Clapp, a retired police officer, found two pristine copies of the King and his Court, featuring a once-famous, four-man softball team, which used to tour the continent and beyond.
As part of their tour, the team used to play out of Steveston Community Park and Clapp couldn’t believe the condition of the publication, considering it was printed in 1998.
And there were no shortage of takers for a copy of King and his Court, including Marshall Shields, president of the Steveston Mens Fastball/Softball League that plays out of Steveston Park.
Shields, who actually remembers volunteering at the park the night King and his Court came to play, contacted the News to get in touch with Clapp.
A copy of the historic brochure was handed over to Shields on the weekend and will now take pride of place in the league’s clubhouse at Steveston Ball Park.
The other copy, said Clapp, is on its way to a collector on behalf of the Richmond Museum and Archives.
