Posted By:
Fred YNice idea, Ted!
Back in the '50s I grew up in Wellsville, NY (written up in SPORT magazine as the smallest town in the US to support a professional ball club--the old Class D PONY Lg)
When I was 16 (1956) I worked after school as a bellhop in the old hotel on Main St. One evening a gentleman came in & I took him & his bags to his room, struck up a conversation on the way & got the pictured autograph once I found out who he was!
He was passing through as a scout for the Milwaukee Braves, who at that time had the Wellsville Braves as their Class D minor lg. affiliate. He had been inducted into the HOF just 4 yrs earlier.
Little did I know he would pass on 9 yrs later to the same month at the age of 62. He is considered a rather tough auto to come by.
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