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DENVER, COLORADOIt was easy for Chester and his mother to take the five blocks to the ball field the afternoon that the Denver Black Sox were in town for their first long practice in weeks. What luck Kramer Park was a mere fifteen-minute walk from the boarding house.
The two were clad in their Sunday best on a Tuesday, Ramona in a clean, blue dress and Chester in a black suit, white shirt, and black tie. Chester was carrying his canvas bag with him, containing his glove, two bats, socks, cleats, and Beckford High uniform. Anna was right about it warming up. It was a fine morning, marred only by Ramona’s nagging along the way. The majestic snow-capped Rocky Mountains glistened against the bright, sun-filled western sky. The temperature was near seventy degrees. Chester took his moth
