Well, as a true collector
Yes, that board is legitimate. I would question it too with the makeshift switch. Normally that orange color with the siderails meant Montgomery Wards exclusive as does all the orange games. They were retooled when Montgomery Ward dropped the line. The college game also used those colors which of course places the game around the early 70's. Some say, and I have yet to confirm this, that the college game was produced to eliminate the remainder of the orange stock left by the Montgomery Wards endeavor.
I don't know what you paid for that rig but if you are looking for quality on Ebay you have to be very careful. People try to unload their junk there, or resale boards after they have gotten the coveted "Wide Top" bases out of the game. That set definitely should have come with wide top bases, especially if they were mixing and matching which they clearly did in the past. Most people conceal poor boards by either, not showing the board and underside with switch outside the box. That's the first indicator of trouble.
There are many rare combinations, this being one of them. You often got these types of games shipped in the mail in a brown box to conceal the obvious. Normally, it took so long to get the game then, 4-6 weeks, that you surely didn't want to send it back.
Hope this helps.
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