Father of Black Baseball LbNA #72630
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle
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| Plant date: | Feb 6, 2018 |
| Location: | Calvert Cemetery |
| City: | Calvert |
| County: | Robertson |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | JUST 2 NUTS |
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| Last found: | Jul 11, 2019 |
| Status: | F |
| Last edited: | Feb 8, 2018 |
*** Part of my TX Baseball Series ***
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 100 yards RT)
Status: alive
Andrew "Rube" Foster was born in Calvert in 1879 and started his professional career with the Waco Yellow Jackets, an independent black team, in 1897. Over the next few years he gradually built up a reputation among white and black fans alike and is considered the best African-American pitcher of the first decade of the 1900s. According to various accounts, Foster acquired the nickname "Rube" after defeating star Philadelphia Athletics left-hander Rube Waddell in a postseason exhibition game. In 1920, Foster organized the first black baseball league, the Negro National League, serving as president and treasurer while overseeing its development into a first-class enterprise. For this he is known as the Father Of Black Baseball. He died in 1930 and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. He is buried in Illinois, but you can find this box at Calvert Cemetery.
Directions:
From TX-6 go SW on Harper for 0.1 mile to Calvert Cemetery on left and park across the street at Little Oak Grove Church.
Clues:
Walk into middle of cemetery about 55 steps to pink Chopp stone. Go right 35 steps to multi-trunk tree next to Lemuel Robertson stone. LB is between stone and tree under a rock and leaves.
Hike length: 0.1 miles
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 100 yards RT)
Status: alive
Andrew "Rube" Foster was born in Calvert in 1879 and started his professional career with the Waco Yellow Jackets, an independent black team, in 1897. Over the next few years he gradually built up a reputation among white and black fans alike and is considered the best African-American pitcher of the first decade of the 1900s. According to various accounts, Foster acquired the nickname "Rube" after defeating star Philadelphia Athletics left-hander Rube Waddell in a postseason exhibition game. In 1920, Foster organized the first black baseball league, the Negro National League, serving as president and treasurer while overseeing its development into a first-class enterprise. For this he is known as the Father Of Black Baseball. He died in 1930 and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. He is buried in Illinois, but you can find this box at Calvert Cemetery.
Directions:
From TX-6 go SW on Harper for 0.1 mile to Calvert Cemetery on left and park across the street at Little Oak Grove Church.
Clues:
Walk into middle of cemetery about 55 steps to pink Chopp stone. Go right 35 steps to multi-trunk tree next to Lemuel Robertson stone. LB is between stone and tree under a rock and leaves.
Hike length: 0.1 miles