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- CIRCA - 1918
-1919
- MANUFACTURER - Spalding
- SIZE - Official
size
- PRICE GUIDE -
$750. - $1,000.
Very Good - Excellent Condition
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This is a vintage 1918 Official
National League Baseball used by American serviceman
stationed in Poitiers, France during the First World War.
The 1918-1919 Spalding Official National League Baseball
features an American - France YMCA stamp.
With the
onset of the U.S. involvement in WWI in 1917, Washington
Senators owner Clark Griffith launched a plan to support
our troops by raising money to purchase athletic
equipment, mainly baseball gear, to outfit every U.S.
military training camp. Inspired by Washington Senators
owner Clark Griffith, the effort to donate sporting goods
was joined by the YMCA, Hillerich & Bradsby, and Spalding.
Baseball was considered essential to morale. The Y.M.C.A.
shipped 144,000 bats and 79,680 balls to the troops
overseas with the money raised by Griffith.
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