Card Description
This baseball from 1925 was owned by George Gorman Young who played in the Trenton Baseball League. In the earlier years of the Twentieth Century, known as the "deadball era", the limitations of the baseball resulted in a lack of homeruns
Type Of Object
Vintage
1925
Sport Type
Accession Number
2017.003.018
The Cobourg Galloping Ghosts are the most famous team in Cobourg sports history. Managed by Fred Dufton, the Ghosts won eight Ontario championships, five after World War II. They were Canadian Dominion champions in 1946, 1948 and 1950. They were the first team in Canada to wear aluminum cleats and the second to wear white uniforms.
