May 11, 1945: Deering High dimondeers, slated to play South Portland, instead staged a comedy game when the tilt was cancelled by unseasonable weather. Gene Sturgeon gets set to 'slide' for the plate - and he brought along his sled for the job. Batter Norman Sawyer, catcher Billy Eves and umpire Ole Oleson watch.
May 11, 1945: Gene Sturgeon completes the slide home and batter Norman Sawyer watches as catcher Bill Edes taps Sturgeon (hey, that's a snowball, not a baseball!!) and umpire Ole Olsen (Oaks AC) calls the runner out.
May 11, 1945 : A freak snowstorm caused damage in Portland including this felled tree on Cumberland Avenue near the Jewish Community Center.
The snow that fell on May 11, 1945 was powerful enough to knock down power lines in this photo from the Kennebec Journal collection.
An unidentified man checks out the downed power lines in this Kennebec Journal archival photo from May 11, 1945.
Several inches of snow fell on central Maine on May 11, 1945, as shown in this Kennebec Journal photo.
This photo from the Kennebec Journal collection at the Maine State Museum shows the snow that fell in the region on May 11, 1945.
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