Donors to RI institute want items back

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.

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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.