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Old 07-26-2008, 02:16 PM
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Default Touring the World

Posted By: Clint

A little town in my home state secured a spot on the 1913-1914 World Tour. It, in my opinion was the greatest game ever played in Kansas.

I've visited the tiny town of Blue Rapids, Kansas not expecting to find much. I was very surprised by the reaction of the town. Everyone knew of the event and was very knowlegeable of it. A particular bank practically shut down to show my father and I an original broadside from the game. They took us to a special room in the bank and let us take pictures of it. It was a spectacular piece that I'll show later when I find the pictures.

The City Hall also had a showcase of original pictures and a couple of tickets from the event. They let me make copies of the pictures and I was lucky enough to find a couple of tickets myself. Pretty rare tickets considering only approximately 3000 were made.

I've included this link which details the events of the day.
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/BlueRapids/baseball.htm

Clint

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