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Bidding Begins On Billings Babe Ruth Ball - Bravo!
sportsbybrooks.com - 5/2/2008
Bidding Begins On Billings Babe Ruth Ball - Bravo!
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The BILLINGS GAZETTE pitches up news of a baseball signed by Babe Ruth now going up for bids. But what’s remarkable about this particular auction item is the near-mint condition of the 61-year-old ball and the story of how it was acquired & kept. 77-year-old Carvel Lincoln , then a 16-year-old pitcher from Idaho, was in Billings for a junior baseball tournament. Also at the ...

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Sons of Steve Garvey — Via SPORTSbyBROOKS comes this article about the mintiest of the mint-condition Babe Ruth-autographed baseballs for auction: Sixty-one years ago, Carvel Lincoln was a 16-year-old pitcher with an American Legion team from Boise, Idaho, in Billings for a junior baseball tournament. His team lost, but Lincoln came away with a treasure - a baseball autographed by the legendary Babe Ruth. Ruth came to Billings for the tournament's opening at Athletic Park, spoke at a banquet and gave away autographed baseballs. Lincoln, ...

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