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Old 01-02-2018, 04:51 PM
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Default SOLD Ticket Collectors - Rematch of the 1903 (1st) World Series - in Hot Springs, AR

A couple of 1921 Tickets from a Series of games played between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox.

Can't be many, if any of these, that still survived almost 100 years later.

Screen shots of info on the games via a Google search, I don't have access to the newspapers Sites to get more info but I know a few do here on the NET54 if you don't and want to seek more info on this Series

Whittington Park, was a ballpark in Hot Springs, AR that opened in 1894 and closed in 1947. Throughout its entire existence, it was used as a site for spring training for major and minor league baseball teams. As well, it served as the home park for the Hot Springs Vapors, Hot Springs Vaporites and Hot Springs Bathers. By 1939 it had a capacity for 2,000 people. It was named after baseball pioneer and American League Founder Ban Johnson.

Located within the Whittington Park Historic District, a "tree-shaded greenway" that is located along Whittington Creek, which runs down the center island of Whittington Avenue. The location of the ballpark was across from the still active Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo (built 1902).

The field served as a training site for many Major League Baseball teams, by hosting spring training games and serving as home for minor league teams. In 1918, Babe Ruth hit a 573-foot home run at the park, while a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. The park was also home to the first-ever Umpire School. In 1935, Ray Doan, the operator of a youth instructional camp at Whittington Park, renamed the park after Hall of Fame baseball pioneer Ban Johnson, founder of the American League.

Over 130 Hall of Fame players, including Babe Ruth, Cy Young, Cap Anson, Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Walter Johnson, Pie Traynor, Rogers Hornsby, Mel Ott, Jimmie Foxx, Stan Musial and Satchel Paige were involved in training or spring training games at Whittington Park. The park was also utilized by the House of David teams, and for baseball schools. The bearded House of David traveling baseball team used Whittington Field and Hot Springs for their training site. Major League teams training at Whittington Park between 1896 and 1926 were the Cleveland Spiders, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Red Sox.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/b...n_Johnson_Park

$100 Each or $175 for the pair (I feel like a scalper) shipped - paypal f&f preferred
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