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Lot # 652: 1917 Original Pittsburgh Dispatch Full Page Game One World Series Newspaper

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Item was in Auction "August 2005 - Sports Collectors'",
which ran from 8/24/2005 12:00 AM to
9/10/2005 9:00 PM



Chicago gets the opening game, so says this authenticated framed front page of the Pittsburg Dispatch's sports section, dated October 7, 1917. Frame measures 25 1/2"X30", and contains this Sunday morning paper's telling of the World Series' first game's result: the Chicago White Sox taking of the New York Giants, 2-1. Appropriate yellowing around edges, and only three thumbnail-sized tears along the top of the page. Contains Certificate of Authenticity and Ownership on the back of the frame.

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