It featured such greats as Willie Wells, Leon Day, Ray Dandridge, and Satchel Paige who pitched briefly for the Minot Mallards in 1950.
After high school, Drake began his baseball career when he joined the Elmwood Giants of the Mandak League as a 17-year-old outfielder that same year and returned for two more seasons in Manitoba.
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