Irvin Schwartz returns to his pre-war beat as the sports reporter for Pine Grove High School after serving in World War II.
Irvin Schwartz’s first sports column after returning from World War II – November 1945

Irvin Schwartz returns to his pre-war beat as the sports reporter for Pine Grove High School after serving in World War II.
In October 1865, multiple baseball clubs met in the Wyoming Valley to battle for victory on a makeshift diamond.
As the Pottsville Maroons battled to a 1925 NFL Championship victory in Chicago, their loyal fans in Schuylkill County gathered at Pottsville's Hippodrome.
The game ended in a scoreless tie. But that doesn't mean the circumstances surrounding this game aren't fascinating.
In a letter written on January 30, 1944, Pfc. Irvin Schwartz opined on high school basketball in his native Schuylkill County.
In this prologue to our "Letters from War" series, newspaper columnist Irvin Schwartz pens his farewell in May 1943.