Tris Speaker LbNA #72629
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle
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| Plant date: | Feb 6, 2018 |
| Location: | Fairview Cemetery |
| City: | Hubbard |
| County: | Hill |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Baby Bear |
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| Last found: | Mar 7, 2021 |
| Status: | F |
| Last edited: | Feb 8, 2018 |
*** Part of my TX Baseball Series ***
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 100 yards RT)
Recommended Ink: grey
Status: alive
Tristram Edgar Speaker was born on April 4, 1888, in Hubbard, Texas. He played for the Texas League Cleburne Railroaders in 1906 and the Houston Buffaloes in 1907. He then went to the Boston Americans, soon to be renamed the Red Sox, and became one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in the history of Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "The Grey Eagle" for his prematurely grey hair, he compiled a career batting average of .345 (sixth all-time) and his 792 career doubles represent an MLB career record. Defensively, Speaker holds career records for assists, double plays, and unassisted double plays by an outfielder and his fielding glove was known as the place where triples go to die. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937 and also included in the MLB All-Century Team. Speaker died of a heart attack on December 8, 1958, at Lake Whitney and was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Hubbard, where this box can be found. You will notice that his nickname is similar to my trail name, and that is no accident. When I played baseball I wanted to hit like Ty Cobb, but play centerfield like Tris Speaker. Alas, I never came close to Cobb, but I did play a good centerfield, so when it came time to pick a trail name for letterboxing I chose a similar nickname.
Directions:
From TX-31 go SE on TX-171 (N Magnolia Ave) for 0.1 mile, then right on 2nd St for 0.8 mile into Fairview Cemetery. At 6th row turn left and park by flag pole with Speaker's grave at base.
Clues:
Walk down road in direction you were driving about 30 yards and go right on side road across another road to Reeves graves with Statham stone behind them and between two cedar trees. Go to back side of tree on right and find LB in crotch about 3' high under a rock and needles.
Hike length: 0.1 miles
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 100 yards RT)
Recommended Ink: grey
Status: alive
Tristram Edgar Speaker was born on April 4, 1888, in Hubbard, Texas. He played for the Texas League Cleburne Railroaders in 1906 and the Houston Buffaloes in 1907. He then went to the Boston Americans, soon to be renamed the Red Sox, and became one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in the history of Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "The Grey Eagle" for his prematurely grey hair, he compiled a career batting average of .345 (sixth all-time) and his 792 career doubles represent an MLB career record. Defensively, Speaker holds career records for assists, double plays, and unassisted double plays by an outfielder and his fielding glove was known as the place where triples go to die. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937 and also included in the MLB All-Century Team. Speaker died of a heart attack on December 8, 1958, at Lake Whitney and was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Hubbard, where this box can be found. You will notice that his nickname is similar to my trail name, and that is no accident. When I played baseball I wanted to hit like Ty Cobb, but play centerfield like Tris Speaker. Alas, I never came close to Cobb, but I did play a good centerfield, so when it came time to pick a trail name for letterboxing I chose a similar nickname.
Directions:
From TX-31 go SE on TX-171 (N Magnolia Ave) for 0.1 mile, then right on 2nd St for 0.8 mile into Fairview Cemetery. At 6th row turn left and park by flag pole with Speaker's grave at base.
Clues:
Walk down road in direction you were driving about 30 yards and go right on side road across another road to Reeves graves with Statham stone behind them and between two cedar trees. Go to back side of tree on right and find LB in crotch about 3' high under a rock and needles.
Hike length: 0.1 miles