Jersey City Jersey ' S Baseball Club August 11, 1961 Press Release - Jackie Price
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one single page - low budget type thingwas folded near top, and has tear at bottom and small tears and bends at left edge, folds at bottom left corner Press release is about Jackie Price to be appearing at Roosevelt stadiumCode JSB 118Info From Wikipedia:John Thomas Reid Price (November 13, 1912 – October 2, 1967) was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played in seven games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1946 Cleveland Indians season. He was known for delighting fans wi...th his skills - such as batting whilst hanging upside-down or throwing three balls to three different men in one movement - and was dubbed "the Clown Prince of Baseball" for antics which included releasing a pair of five-foot Boa constrictors on board a train.[3][4][5] Price briefly teamed up with Max Patkin, another baseball clown; together they were described by Boston Red Sox manager Lou Boudreau as the "funniest show I ever saw". On October 2nd, 1967, Price committed suicide by hanging himself.The Jersey City Jerseys was a minor league baseball team based in Jersey City, New Jersey that played in the International League for two seasons, 1960 and 1961. It was the AAA affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. The team's home stadium was Roosevelt Stadium. The team began life in Havana, Cuba and was moved to Jersey City following the Cuban Revolution. The team folded and moved to Jacksonville, Florida, becoming the Jacksonville Suns.
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