Robert Shanks scrapbook, 1922-1928.

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Robert Shanks scrapbook, 1922-1928.

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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings documenting the baseball career of Robert "Ralph" Shanks while with the Fargo Athletics in 1922 and the Moorhead Athletics in 1923 and one clipping from 1928 when playing with the Fargo-Moorhead Twins. The scrapbook appears to have been compiled by Veda Cavers, his future wife. There is also a letter about getting employment in Fargo and a flyer from a game with the Verona, N.D. team.

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North Dakota State University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7714756

North Dakota State University Library

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Northern League of Professional Baseball

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Northern League initially operated from 1902-1905; second Northern League formed in 1913 but ended in 1917 due to World War I; third group organized 1933 and operated every year, except the war years of 1943-1945, until 1971; fourth league established in 1992 and still exists. Comprised of teams from Sioux Falls, S.D., St. Paul, Minn., Eau Claire, Wis., and other cities in the Middle West and Canada. From the description of Records, [19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70976564 ...

Moorhead Athletics (Baseball team)

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Shanks, Robert Gordon, 1898-1967.

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Robert Shanks, known as Ralph Shanks during his baseball career, was born at Hannah, N.D. in 1898. He served in World War I and attended Dakota Business College in Fargo, N.D. In Fargo he played with the Fargo Athletics, Moorhead Athletics and the Fargo-Moorhead Twins baseball teams in the 1920s. He later worked for the IRS in Fargo. From the description of Robert Shanks photograph collection [graphic]. [1920s-1941] (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 5598358...

Fargo Athletics (Baseball team)

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Fargo-Moorhead Twins (Baseball team)

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