01-12-2018, 05:23 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Midwest
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Originally Posted by rholmes
Recently added this 1914 single signed Buck Herzog ball. The inscription is to Harry Stephens, the Reds club secretary, who I believe played a large role in bringing Herzog to Cincinnati as player-manager.
There is another notation on the ball that is mostly non-decipherable (Begins "The first...") and the score "Cincie 10 - Chicago 1", along withe the date "April 14, 1914", which likely makes this a game ball from opening day at Redland Field and Buck Herzog's first game as manager.
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Wow Ray, that's a monster pickup! Very cool & great research.... 
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