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Sunday, December 04, 2011

In losing Ravens' camp, Westminster takes hit in pride and profit

In losing Ravens' camp, Westminster takes hit in pride and profit


Tradition of training camp at college dates to the 1950s Baltimore Colts


By Jon Meoli and Jim Joyner, jmeoli@tribune.com and jjoyner@patuxent.com
December 2, 2011 | 10:34 p.m.
Westminster Mayor Kevin Utz, 54, recalls that when he was a young boy living on Bond Street, he and his brother would ride their bikes several blocks to the Baltimore Colts' training camp at then-Western Maryland College to watch their favorite players up close.
The Colts' camp, held in Westminster from 1953 to 1971, "wasn't as plush" as the camps the Baltimore Ravens have held at the school, now McDaniel College, over the past 15 years, he said.
But those summer days tied Westminster, and all of Carroll County, to Baltimore's football team.
Perhaps that's what hurts so much about the Ravens' decision that they won't be back to McDaniel College in 2012, he said.
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"It's almost a 50-year tradition that's being broken," said Utz. "That's the sad part about it." ...

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