- Dates
- 1968-09-16 – 1968-09-17
- Kind
- Sports
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- sportscommunitytransportation
Summary
The September 1968 Beaver Beacon reported a sizeable Beaver Island rooting section at Detroit Tigers games on September 16 and 17. The named group included members of the McDonough and LaFreniere families and Danny Gillespie.
Evidence and limits
This is a brief community sports-travel notice. It does not provide game details, tickets, or a complete travel record.
Sources
- Names Lawrence McDonough and sons, Bud McDonough and sons, Archie LaFreniere and sons, and Danny Gillespie as a Beaver Island rooting section at Detroit Tigers games; it does not provide game details, tickets, or a complete travel record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published sports-travel notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-09_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islanders attend Detroit Tigers games, September 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-tigers-trip-september-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1968, “Play Ball.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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