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<p>Baseball fans throng the Huntington Avenue Grounds in Boston before game three of the first-ever World Series in October 1903. The field was the home to the Boston Americans, who later became the Red Sox and moved to Fenway Park. Gus Thompson of Kalispell pitched in this inaugural World Series. (Photos courtesy of National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.)</p>

<p>Baseball fans throng the Huntington Avenue Grounds in Boston before game three of the first-ever World Series in October 1903. The field was the home to the Boston Americans, who later became the Red Sox and moved to Fenway Park. Gus Thompson of Kalispell pitched in this inaugural World Series. (Photos courtesy of National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.)</p>

October 5, 2013

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Remembering Gus: Movement afoot to honor long-forgotten pitcher from Kalispell
October 5, 2013 10 p.m.

Remembering Gus: Movement afoot to honor long-forgotten pitcher from Kalispell

John &#145;Gus&#146; Thompson was the only player from the original World Series not invited to be a guest of honor at the 1953 contest.

One of Kalispell’s only residents to ever play Major League Baseball, pitcher John “Gus” Thompson was good at throwing the ball past swinging batters.