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Lot # 43: 1892 Joe Hornung Boston Beaneaters Benefit Game Full Ticket

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Item was in Auction "June 2011 Catalog",
which ran from 5/17/2011 12:00 PM to
6/24/2011 9:00 PM



Unused ticket from the "Grand Benefit Game Complimentary to Joseph Hornung.” Dated Monday, November 2, this is likely from 1892, the year after he retired. In appreciation he was brought back to the Boston Beaneaters and their “Boston Base Ball Grounds” for this grand day. Yellow cardboard ticket is 4x2” and has two small chips but is o/w EX. 19th century baseball tickets are nearly impossible to find, let alone one of this importance. Hornung, the Boston baseball legend, was perhaps the finest “fielding” player of the 19th century.

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