[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 3, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H1465]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 THE BACHARACH GIANTS OF ATLANTIC CITY

  (Mr. VAN DREW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VAN DREW. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4104, the Negro 
Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act.
  In New Jersey's Second District we were home to the Bacharach Giants 
in Atlantic City. The team was a top contender in the league and won 
two pennants in 1926 and 1927.
  The Giants were lucky enough to host players such as John Henry 
``Pop'' Lloyd, a player whom Babe Ruth himself once called the greatest 
ballplayer of all time, anywhere, ever.
  Pop Lloyd would end up retiring and coaching youth baseball in 
Atlantic City until the day he died, and he was inducted into the 
Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977.
  Players like Pop Lloyd would lay the foundation for future stars such 
as Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron, who would change the game forever. 
Yet, players like Lloyd, and the leagues they played in, are slowly 
becoming forgotten to the annals of history.
  We cannot let that happen. I thank the gentleman from Missouri for 
introducing this important legislation to commemorate and honor those 
players and the role they played in shaping America's very favorite 
pastime.
  May God bless him.

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