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This photograph shows the 1946 Topeka High School baseball team. The Trojans made it to the state championship game, but lost the title to Wichita East by a score of 2-1. Standing in the photo are (l to r): Coach Claude Hays; Paul Fink; Walt Diehl; Don Schultz; Woody Bulkley; Richard Wolfe; Bud Fawl; Frank Logan; Bob Schulte; Chick Gordon; Ed Wilson; and, Harland Coffman. Kneeling in front are (l to r): Earl Hays; Don Farmer; Bill Ransom; Dick McConnell; and, ___ Ramsey. The photo is the same as the one published on page 81 of the 1946 Sunflower, the Topeka High School yearbook. Digital reproduction of the photograph was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.
Date: 1946
Item Number: 308565
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.76 THS *66
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 308565
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Sports - Baseball
Date - 1940s - 1946
Education - Primary - Activities - Sports
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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