This Virtual Cache is in honor of Bedford, Ohio native Elmer Harrison Flick
(January 11, 1876 – January 9, 1971)
Elmer Flick was an American professional basball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1898 to 1910 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, and Cleveland Bronchos/Naps.
In 1,483 career games Flick recorded a .313 batting average while accumulating 164 triples, 1,752 hits, 330 stolen bases, and 756 runs batted in.
He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1963..
Flick entered semi-professional baseball by chance. When he was 15 years old, he was at the very train station, where his memorial now stands, to support the local baseball team as it left for a road trip. Only eight of the team's players showed up at the station, so Flick was recruited to go on the trip with the team. Though Flick did not have a uniform or shoes, he hit well in both games of the doubleheader, though Bedford lost both games. He joined the Bedford team on a regular basis, and he continued to play semi-pro baseball throughout his teenage years
To log this cache go to The Elmer Flick Memorial on Bedford Square and find the sponsored brick on the memorial with a paw print (as shown below) and email me the family name and the town they are from that is on that brick. (Please no spoiler pics showing the brick)
Virtual Rewards 2.0 - 2019/2020
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between June 4, 2019 and June 4, 2020. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 2.0 on the Geocaching Blog.