Beaver Island Old Timers defeat the young nine in a comic softball game, 1988

Event

Date: 1988-09-04
Kind: Sports
Where: place/mcdonough-ball-park
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: sportsrecreationcommunitycelebrationcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On September 4, 1988, Beaver Island’s Old Timers defeated the young nine 25–13 at McDonough Ball Park in a rain-shortened game written as a comic community spectacle.

Evidence limits

The feature is a humorous newspaper narrative, not an official scorebook or complete roster.

Sources

Old Timers softball game, Beaver Beacon, September 1988.
Reports a September 4 game between an Old Timers team of men 35 and older and the young Beaver Island nine, ending after rain with the Old Timers ahead 25–13; the account is written as comic narrative and names players and episodes. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-09_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, September 1988, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-two-page September issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the softball account.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Old Timers defeat the young nine in a comic softball game, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-old-timers-softball-game-1988/, accessed [date], citing Old Timers softball game, Beaver Beacon, September 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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