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Posted By: Rhys

I would go back to the game in 1896 where Holy Cross University and Louis Sockalexis played a sold out exhibition game against the powerful New York Giants at the Polo Grounds. Amos Rusie was asked a series of questions before the game about how he would pitch to Louis Sockalexis since he was already being billed as the best baseball player in the world while still in College. Rusie's response was that he would "Scalp that Indian". Sockalexis was cheered by a group of Penobscot Indians which made the trip all the way from Bangor Maine in full War Dress. Sockalexis crushed one of the first pitches he saw from Rusie for a Home Run which was billed at the time as the longest ball ever hit at the stadium. True Story. Why a Hollywood movie has not been made about this guy is absolutely beyond me.

Rhys Yeakley