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Allan Browne was a notable baseball player in Tacoma in the 1910s and 1920s. Browne played in the Oct. 18, 1924 game against Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel of the New York Yankees, who were in the area on a barnstorming tour. The game at the Stadium Bowl drew an estimated 10,000 spectators. Ruth hit a home run out of the stadium during batting practice.
Allan Browne, a long-time familiar sports figure in Tacoma, passed away on July 6, 1947. Born in Rosedale, WA on January 25, 1890, Brown attend Logan and Longfellow grade schools and graduated from Stadium High School. Brown initially worked for the Hunt-Mottet Company and in 1912 he joined the Washington Hardware Company where he was vice president at the time of his death.
Allan played semi-pro baseball with Ellensburg in the Central Washington League in the early 1900s and then competed in the Tacoma Twilight and City Leagues for the Hunt-Mottet team and the Gamble White Sox among others. Brown also played for the South Tacoma Tigers in 1915 and the team represented the West Coast in the Amateur Baseball Championships of the World after 5,000 games had been played in cities across the country to determine the final contestants. The Tigers went by ship to San Francisco to meet the white Autos of Cleveland. Although Tacoma won the first game, the Cleveland nine ultimately won the series.
On October 8, 1924 Brown was selected to represent the Tacoma City League in an All-Star game played in Stadium Bowl. The game was set up as Babe Ruth and New York Yankees teammate, Bob Meusel, were in Tacoma on a barnstorming tour and the contest drew an estimated 10,000 spectators.
Allan also served as an officer in several different leagues and at one time held the city league championship while also playing for the Northwest Championship title. Brown was also an avid hunter, fisherman and golfer.
His civic involvement included being a member of the Tacoma Kiwanis Club for 25 years as well as the Elks Club, Fircrest Golf Club and the Chamber of Commerce.Lexicon
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