Red Sox KC Monarchs ticket help
Hi,
Neat ticket! I did some digging and here is what I can tell you.
In 1941 the KC Monarchs (of the AL Negro League) had Satchel Paige as their main drawing card as you know. They also had HOF'er Hilton Smith on this team as well as standouts Chet Brewer, Booker McDaniels and Jim LaMarque. The KC Monarchs had a run of 4 league championships during the years 1939-1942, winning the whole enchilada in 1942.
Their opponents in this game were the 1941 Red Sox which had quite a few outstanding players including:
HOF'ers Ted Williams (In the midst of his historic .406 BA season- the last player to hit over .400), Lefty Grove, and Jimmie Foxx and Joe Cronin. Also on the Red Sox roster was standout Dom DiMaggio (brother of Joe DiMaggio).
As far as actual game highlights and who actually played in this exhibition game I couldn't dig any deeper. I would recommend searching era Indiana newspaper microfilm at a large local library for exact details. That's probably the only way you will be able to get the details unless someone else on Net54 can help out further. Good luck!
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