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Former Oakland Mayor Lionel "Lefty" Wilson pitched for the Larks along with teammate Marion "Sugar" Cain who went on to play professionally in Canada from 1950-1957

Visiting players and their families would come into town on Friday night

and watched hair raising aerial stunts of dare-devils on high wires

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Women's Bay Bombers T-Shirt NASA Explore our complete San FranciscoThe Golden Era of the Roller Derby Capitalizing on the popularity of roller skating, Chicago entrepreneur Leo Seltzer conceived of Roller Derby in 1935. A contest of two teams with 5 skaters each, circling around a banked oval track, scoring points when a jammer would skate a lap past opposing players. Leos son Jerry Seltzer took over the reigns in the late 50s and created the Bay Bombers, a formidable squad that went on to become America's home team,