3343 - Kennewick, Washington, United States of America

I love old photos of athletes. This is a photo of Edd Roush (1893 - 1988). He was an American baseball player and coach. He played centre field from 1913 to 1931. Most of his time was with the Cincinnati Reds, but also played for the New York Giants and Chicago White Sox. His batting average in his 18 year career is .323. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.

Roush was the World Series champion with the Reds in 1919. This world series is famous for the Black Sox Scandal. Several members of the White Sox conspired with gablers to throw the World Series games. Eight members of the White Sox were banned from organized baseball in 1921, despite being acquitted of their criminal charges. The banned players were: Arnold "Chick" Gandil, Eddie Cicotte, Oscar "Happy" Felsch, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Fred McMullin, Charles "Swede" Risbert, George "Buck" Weaver, Claude "Lefty" Williams. Joe Gedeon of the St. Louis Browns was also banned. He found out about the fix from Risberg and placed bets of Cincinnati. He did inform Comiskey of the fix after the World Series to gain a reward.

This World Series was a best of 9 affair, the first time. Both teams were trying to get more games in, thus, more revenue. The Reds took the World Series five games to three, winning the last game at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

Roush won the batting title in 1919 with an average of .321. Roush is on record saying that even though the White Sox were involved in gambling, the Reds were the better team and they would have won the series regardless.

Roush went on the coach the Reds for one season. After that built a house in Florida and used it as a winter residence. He would attend spring training and tell stories of the old days. He died on 21 March 1988 in Bradenton, Florida at the age of 95. He was the last surviving participant from the 1919 World Series.

3227 - Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Mölln is a small city of about 20 000 located in northern Germany. The Elbe-Lübeck Canal flows through the town, and there are eight small lakes that surround the city. It was founded in the 12th century and was a part of the Old Salt Route. Salt that was produced in the salt mines of Lower-Saxony was shipped to the Baltic Sea. Till Eulenspiegel, a legendary trickster known for exposing vices and provoking thought, is said to have lived in Mölln the last year of his life. He apparently died of the plague in 1350, but his existence has never been proven. Mölln has several monuments dedicated to him.

3322 - Hamburg, Germany

Happy birthday to me! What a lovely handmade card from the sender. Beautiful penmanship. Am Rothenbaum is the site of the main court of the German Open Tennis Championships. The International German Open has been played at the Rothernbaum since 1892, making it Germany's longest running tennis tournament. The current stadium was built in 1999 and can hold 13 200 people.

3232 - Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America

The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal North Pierhead Light was built in 1882. There were nine keepers of the light until 1897. It was redesigned in 1903 and is 12 meters high. The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal was started in 1872 and wasn't opened for large-scale watercraft until 1890. The canal is 2.1 kilometers long that goes from Sturgeon Bay in Lake Michigan to Green Bay. There are no locks on this canal. The canal was sold to the United States government in 1893 and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains the canal.

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