September 10, 1913 - Honus Wagner is given a souvenir bat carved from a piece of wood taken from naval hero Oliver Perry's flagship Niagara, which was sunk in Lake Erie 100 years earlier.

Honus Wagner is given a souvenir bat carved from a piece of wood taken from naval hero Oliver Perry’s flagship Niagara, which was sunk in Lake Erie 100 years earlier.

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On September 10, 1913 – Honus Wagner is given a souvenir bat carved from a piece of wood taken from naval hero Oliver Perry’s flagship Niagara, which was sunk in Lake Erie 100 years earlier.

 

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