Charleroia s John K. Tener rounded up the first Congressional Baseball Game
Pennsylvania Gov. John K. Tener of Charleroi, a former professional baseball player, throws out the first pitch at a baseball game in 1914 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, N.Y. John K. Tener has been forever etched in local history as helping to put Charleroi on the map before becoming the 25th governor of Pennsylvania.