I spent many an afternoon at the old Coliseum at the Fairgrounds in Dayton, watching many of those teams. The Mets had one standout player, Nathanial "Sweetwater" Clifton. A couple of things are not mentioned in this profile. His time with the Mets, late 40's, and some of his career with the Cleveland Indians.
I don't think he played too long with them, one incident I do remember though. He went from the Dayton Indians to the Cleveland Indians for a brief time. One game in Cleveland had Hank Greenberg in the stands. Sweet hit one real long ball over the fence, Greenberg said it was the longest home run he had ever seen, and that was something coming from him.
I saw Sweet play a few times. They used to practice at the Coliseum, as did my brother's high school team when they were getting ready for a tournament. I remember going down to watch the activities and was introduced to "Big Sweet." His hands were huge, about twice the size of mine.I think he spent some time with the Globetrotters also.I saw him play a few games with the Dayton Indians, an Indian farm club.
The Mets had a good team, Sonny Boswell and Sweet, cannot remember any other names, some went on to the NBA
