Runs In The Family

From The Morning News 28 Aug 1913
Frederick Edwin Pote (1852-1913) died from a train accident. He was born in Maine.  He married Lavenia (Lorenia) M. Robinson (1858-1933) in 1877. His son was Mitchell Monroe Pote.  The four daughters were; Lillie Mae, Jennie Grace, Nellie, Emma, . His son, M. Monroe Pote, seven years before had a leg cut off in a train accident. another child died in 1890 from burns.

Mitchell Monroe Pote was born May 1, 1883 to Fred and Lorenia Pote.  Monroe Pote would marry Lorena Blizzard on March 14 1906.  Monroe worked for the railroad as a telegraph operator.  Monroe and Lorena had as children; Edwin, Richard, Robert and Grace.

From The Evening Journal 06 Apr 1906

1 Apr 7 1906 From the Courier Salisbury MD

Monroe continued to work for the railroad but he was active in the baseball teams in Delmar.   As such Pote field over at Gordy Park is named after him.

the original Little League field, at one time it had a sign naming it 'Pote Memorial Field.' This field was named for Monroe Pote in 1958. Known as Mr. Baseball, Monroe Pote was one of those Town Citizens who was active in youth sports. He organized a Maryland High School base ball team in 1922 and also coached a soccer team. He was a High school coach (Maryland School)until about 1930. In 1932 he organized a boy scout baseball team. He was active in baseball and sports up until his death in the 1949.

Mr. Pote worked for the Railroad and had lost a leg in an accident on the railroad. He continued to work for the railroad and after working the midnight shift would grab some sleep and than be at the athletic fields by the time school was out to coach and support the teams. In the 1930's there was not much financial support for the ball teams. The Maryland school principal would ask the team each year if they wanted a one ball and two bats or two balls and one bat for the season. Mr. Pote would take his personal earning and supplement the team's equipment.