Show OLD BAT historical RELIC college treasures treasure memento of baseball game played over half a century ago A note in a current american news paper lind pecullar interest for or all abose american citizens who are ini ted in ati tile lie national game now bow doln dofis college lina bils come into possession of tile tip bage baseball ball hat long in the keep ing ine of tie the melne historical society which was vas used usail wore more thon lhnn fifty years ago in fit the arst game over ever played be ts een tint flint collego college and an outside beatri tle the old bat made of spruce on oil the alo very day ot of tho the game is IR about the size or of the lints bats still in use and it if tile the college had won von tile the gamo game would doubtless have remained evor ever since in it a collo glate atmosphere hut but the sunrise team made up tip of boys boya front the town of brunswick defeated thi the colle collegians glans in that day of long lone scores to tile the tune of 40 46 to 42 and tile but bat inscribed with the ho names of nil all the players went to tho the winners bat later ee they rave gave it to the historical so no clety which now presents it to the college but in 1800 no one of the players could have foreseen A time when what Is said to be the oldest base brill but bat in the country would be ba an object of national interest christian chrispan science monitor |