On this day in 1984, baseball legends Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Moose Skowron and Bob Allison drew crowds of autograph-seeking fans at the Maris-Shanley Celebrity Golf Tournament near Hickson, North Dakota.
Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:
Baseball stars of yesteryear tried their luck at golf Monday afternoon at the Oxbow Country Club near Hickson, N.D.
The pressure was on former New York Yankees Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Moose Skowron and former Minnesota Twin Bob Allison.
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Not necessarily to perform well on the course, but to perform well with the pen.
Fans swarmed them at every available break to get autographs on baseballs, baseball cards, golf score cards and other mementos.
Amid it all, the five performed these tasks with humor and grace in between the wind swept 18-hole Maris-Shanley Celebrity Golf Tournament.
A photo featured in The Forum on June 26, 1984. Newspapers.com
Photos featured in The Forum on June 26, 1984. Newspapers.com
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