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Chris Harter
7 April 1997
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 1 folder
COLLECTION DATES: 1997
PROVENANCE: Steve Krah, Elkhart, IN
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Copyright of this material is not held by the Indiana Historical Society. All rights are reserved by the copyright holder. No part of this manuscript may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission in writing from the copyright holder. Permission to reproduce part or all of this manuscript does not constitute permission to publish.
ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
OTHER FINDING AIDS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: M 33, John T. Brush Papers; SC 2482, Indianapolis National League Team Letter
ACCESSION NUMBERS: 1997.0271
NOTES:
During World War II, America's major league baseball teams were required to conduct spring training in northern states. Indiana towns became training sites for the following teams: Chicago Cubs (French Lick, Orange Co.), Chicago White Sox (French Lick and Terre Haute, Vigo Co.), Cincinnati Reds (Bloomington, Monroe Co.), Cleveland Indians (Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co.), Detroit Tigers (Evansville, Vanderburgh Co.), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (Muncie, Delaware Co.). These teams formed an informal circuit that came to be known as the Limestone League.
Steve Krah (fl. 1996-1997) is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and a staff member of the Elkhart Truth newspaper.
Sources: Material within the collection.
Collection accession file.
This collection consists of an 11-page photocopied typescript of The Limestone League: Spring Training in Indiana during WWII, an article written by Steve Krah. The article discusses professional baseball in the U.S. during World War II, specifically those teams who held spring training in Indiana towns. It also includes the recollections of Homer Rice (fl. 1943-1997), who was a freshman at Indiana University when the Cincinnati Reds trained in Bloomington. Krah also lists rosters (1943-1945) for Limestone League teams, spring training sites (1943-19450) for major leagues baseball teams, and Indiana natives with connections to professional baseball (1943-1945).
MAIN ENTRY: Krah, Steve, 1963-
SUBJECT ENTRIES: Limestone League (Baseball league)
Baseball--Indiana--History
Baseball players--Indiana--History
World War, 1939-1945--Indiana--History
Spring training (Baseball)--Indiana
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