Cappy Ricks Park

Here’s some more historical information courtesy of Martinez Patch:
Clarence A. Ricks, «Cappy» Ricks, was the mayor of Martinez from 1940 — 1945, serving two terms. Through his public service, he made a significant impact on developing the city of Martinez. He served on the city council for 16 years and he was the president of the Martinez Real Estate Board. This park was dedicated to him by his son.
On the Arreba Street side of the park is a plaque, but it isn’t about Cappy Ricks. The plaque tells the story of the Christian Brothers’ Winery and how from 1879 — 1932, a 70 acre parcel of land, including this park land was owned by the Christian Brothers Religious Teaching Order, founded by Saint John Baptist De La Salle. According to Wikipedia, De La Salle is credited with establishing a régime of education which emphasized the good student, banning corporal punishment from their institutions. The plaque goes on to say, «It was on this property that the brothers constructed their novitiate, the De La Salle Institute, and founded what was to become one of California’s most famous wineries.»

Out of the two halves on th basketball court, only ½ of them is lit up, the other one was not working…
dim 3 point line.
one of the rims is lob sided.
still played and got some runs in.

Who was Cappy Ricks? I tried looking it up for research before I wrote this. I wanted to disperse some knowledge to y’all.
The info I found was on IMDB about some movie called Cappy Ricks that was made in 1937. Some sailor or something.
Then I found an old book that you can read on line about Captain Ricks or «Cappy» Ricks:
Why this park is named after this person I still dont know.
However, this little park is usually a nice stopping point for my husband and I on our walks down town.
The playground is small. They do have bathrooms available, not Port-O-Potty’s like some parks.
Their tennis courts and basket ball courts are all clean and well lit. Who ever does the landscaping does an excellent job also.
I have never seen anyone here before, but I like it and am proud it’s a part of Martinez.
Sorry I cant make the association of Martinez to Ol’ Cappy Ricks, because I would really like to know also.