Description
Santa Paula Merchants Baseball Team, July 1940.
Back row (L-R): Chon Vela (?); Gil Casteneda, owner of Gil's Market; Manuel Victoria, owner of Victoria Shoe Repair; unknown; Buddy Sibrian, printer at The Chronicle; Polo Coronado.
Front row: Manuel Torres; Juan Salas, owner of El Brillante Market; -- Castillo, former owner of El Paso Department Store; Richard Mena, Richard's Barber Shop; Jose Angel Diaz, Las 15 Letras Café.