 He was the manager of the Williamsport Grays in Pennsylvania for two seasons, 1944 and 1945, handling a mostly Cuban team playing as replacements for the GIs at war.He led the team in promoting War Bonds, raising pledges for $231,000 in 1944.His only son, Richard C. Kolp pitched in the minors for the Paducah Indians in Kentucky in 1939 and 1940.