Description: Authentic reproduction of the original 1911 Wyoming State Penitentiary ballcap. Hand-sewn from genuine wool baseball cloth.
Product Details:
- Made in the USA
- Genuine royal blue wool broadcloth, white soutache
- White button
- Cream felt "WSP" lettering
- 3" soft visor with green satin under visor
- Vintage hair cloth backed buckram crown
- Satin taping with cotton sweatband
- Adjustable sizes come with leather strap and antiqued brass closure
- Item #: WSP11C
League: Prison Team
History: The small frontier town of Rawlins, Wyoming was home to one of baseball’s strangest stories. It was decided to form a prison baseball team, which included some of Wyoming’s most hardened criminals. Prison ball teams were not unusual, however the WSP team was promised reduced sentences and even commutation of execution for good play. Unfortunate prisoners who committed errors or otherwise failed to perform were threatened with added time to their sentences. After four consecutive lopsided wins, the “Cons” were disbanded and the baseball team replaced with an education program for the prisoners.
