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This one's for The_Game...
From the Press and Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, New York, 25 Apr 1965:
"Herb Feris got rid of one "r" many years ago. This is the year that he feels he must somewhat reduce the K's. Herb is the new [Birmingham, NY] Triplet first-baseman, with the square-jawed, clear-eyed, fresh-scrubbed look of an All-American Boy Type. The loss of the "r" was something beyond his control. His dad legally changed the family name from Ferris for business reasons. Chicago was full of Ferrises. But there's only one Feris Flying service, as Father F. calls the thriving private airport he operates in Hindale, out west of the city."
Alas, in four professional minor league seasons he batted .193 and in 1,246 PA, he struck out 444 times. Still, Herb, class of '63, was inducted into the Hinsdale HS HoF which noted how he excelled at baseball, earning All-Conference and All Area honors as MVP of the of the 1962 high school team, signed with the Yankees, met his some of the game greats before becoming a coach and eventually paying mind to his three children and now six grandchildren.
I found one picture of him from that 1965 article. I had to clean it up and close his mouth to work with it. Best I could do.
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