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Object ID: 4436 (Click here to view the image in a new window.)
Object Date (YYYYMMDD): 0
Description: Undated story in New Ulm paper of Babe Ruth's appearance in Sleepy Eye in October 1922.
Org/Loc: Sleepy Eye
Org/Entity: Independent/General
Sport: Baseball
Team Nickname: Yankees
Gender: Male
Conf/League: None/Undetermined
Original Type: Clippings
Group ID: N/A
Other Information: Object 4436 details information from the Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch by Mark Beito relating to the game Babe Ruth played in Sleepy Eye in 1922 which indicates a historic 100th anniversary coming up. The game was reported in the Herald Dispatch (copy is unavailable) as well as Brown County Journal and New Ulm Review. The game was played on the site which has remained Sleepy Eye's ball field through at least 2016. This article appeared in either the Brown County Journal or New Ulm Review. Herald Dispatch articles are in object 4435.