SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) – People who donated memorabilia to the troubled Institute for International Sport in Rhode Island say they want their items back.
Wilma Briggs, a pioneer in women’s professional baseball, told The Providence Journal that she wants her honorary plaque removed from the institute’s Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame in South Kingstown. The 81-year-old former North Kingstown teacher says she no longer wants to be associated with the institute.
State police are investigating the organization that runs the World Scholar-Athlete Games over questions about how it spent state grant money, how it acquired resort property in North Carolina and other allegations.
A few other people are also concerned about the items they lent the institute. Philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein says he wants the Babe Ruth baseball cards he donated to be returned.
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Information from: The Providence Journal, http://www.providencejournal.com
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