Name: Beaver Island baseball teams travel to Mackinac Island, 1975
Start: 1975-06-01
End: 1975-06-01
Location: Mackinac Island

Beaver Island baseball teams travel to Mackinac Island, 1975

Also June 1, 1975 Mackinac Island baseball excursion · Beaver Island ball team Mackinac games

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Locator map: Mackinac Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

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TypeEvent

Date1975-06-01

WithinMackinac Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1975-06-01
Kind: Sports
Where: Mackinac Island
Participants: Beaver Islander (transport)
Carried out by: Beaver Island Beachcombers baseball team
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: sportstransportationrecreationcommunitytourism
Within: Mackinac Island

Summary

On June 1, 1975, Beaver Island’s baseball team traveled to Mackinac Island on the Beaver Islander with approximately 100 fans. Beaver Island won the first game 13–7; the second game ended with the score reversed.

Evidence and limits

The report supplies newspaper game results and an attendance estimate, not an official scorebook, roster, league record, or manifest.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May–June 1975, “Mackinac Island Excursion.”
Reports the Beaver Island ball team’s June 1 departure at 7 a.m. aboard Beaver Islander with approximately 100 fans, a 13–7 first-game win, a reversed score in the second game, and the Mackinac Islanders’ planned July 27 return visit. It does not provide a roster, official scorebook, league record, or passenger manifest. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May–June 1975, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held combined issue confirms the excursion, vessel, attendance estimate, and reported game results.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island baseball teams travel to Mackinac Island, 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-baseball-mackinac-excursion-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May–June 1975, “Mackinac Island Excursion.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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