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This 1956 picture of high school students brawling on the Municipal Stadium field that I posted in my previous entry caught the attention of a few folks on Twitter, resulting in the following tweets:
@brokenbatsingle: This picture is amazing.
@funkyball77: Holy crap! Freakiest part are the ushers standing around watching.
@brokenbatsingle: Absolutely.
@funkyball77: Was everyone mad because Arnie Portocarrero lost? http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1956/B04240KC11956.htm
@brokenbatsingle: Wouldn't you be?
@3rdPeriodPoints: This just in: 1956 NOT idyllic.
@funkyball77: Not sure. Gus Zernial going 0-for-3 against Steve Gromek might have bothered me more.
@KC_Baseball: Crazy, right?! I need to find newspaper reports for that game to see if they mention brawl.
@brokenbatsingle: It's a stunning picture on so many levels. part of me hopes the usher was just caught at the wrong moment.
@3rdPeriodPoints: You can see 2 other ushers twiddling their thumbs too.
I did manage to find a little more info on the brawl with just a little digging in
The Sporting News archive (available free to members of
SABR). Here's the item:
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| May 2, 1956 The Sporting News |
"Ushers raced to the scene in an attempt to restore order"?? What in god's name was this reporter smoking?
ReplyDeleteGreat research, Aaron.
Huh, I didn't know the Missouri side started integrating schools so quickly after Brown V. Board of Education.
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