World Champion Cincinnati Reds to Play DeKalb (Illinois) Baseball Team in 1920

From the May 27, 2020, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1920, 100 Years Ago.

"The Champions of DeKalb are going to play the champions of the world.  Arrangements have been made whereby the Cincinnati Reds, the champions of the world by virtue of licking the Chicago White Sox last fall, will play  in this city in a match game with the local nine on August 18."

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"DANCING -- At Electric Park, Saturday night , May 29th."

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Imagine a major league baseball team visiting a small town in Illinois for a game these days.  Plus, we know there was a problem with the 1919 World Series.  I couldn't find out anything about the game, but the Reds played at the Chicago Cubs on August 17 and won 3-2.  On August 19 they beat the Brooklyn Robins 3-2 in 13 innings in Cincinnati.

Plus, there was this thing called the Spanish flu still going around in 1920.

Electric Park was a big amusement spot just south of Sycamore on the DeKalb-Sycamore Road (now Illinois Highway 23).  Click on the Electric Park Sycamore Ill. label to find out more about the park.

--Cooter