Off The Field
McGowan spent time writing baseball-related newspaper articles in the offseasons, working for the New Orleans Item in the 1920s. McGowan operated an umpire school in Florida for 16 years. After McGowan's death, the school was taken over by Al Somers.
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“There is a call to life a little sterner,
And braver for the earner, learner, yearner.
Less criticism of the field and court
And more preoccupation with the sport.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)