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old-baseball
03-30-2013, 01:07 PM
I've had the Square Deal Baseball Schedule booklets shown below in my collection for years and always kind of wondered how these were associated with betting on the games.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=10609http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=10610http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=10611
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=10606http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=10607http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=10608

Just last week I picked up these betting slips and envelopes. Anybody have a clue as to how this worked? What about the booklets? Does anyone know if there are any from prior to 1937 or after 1942?

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=10614http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=10615
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=10612http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=10613

old-baseball
04-23-2013, 06:25 PM
Picked this up shortly after I made this post - It's the first time that I've seen a 1936 issue. Anyone have any others?

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=10878

old-baseball
11-30-2013, 06:15 PM
Found some additional "Square Deal" stuff over the last couple of months including a football parlay sheet. The Square Deal Baseball Score Card is from 1931. Does anyone have any other Square Deal items that aren't shown? I do believe I've seen a calendar style football schedule booklet from the late 30's or early 40's but I don't have an example. Anybody have any idea what Square Deal was?

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=13548http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=13547

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=13549

Leon
11-30-2013, 07:20 PM
Those remind me of the ole Punchboards with gaming slots and players on them. Neat stuff thanks for sharing....

steve B
12-04-2013, 11:49 AM
Looks like the gambling slips I saw in college.

min a buck a card, pick some teams, a certain number of winners gave a certain payout.
The ones I saw weren't at all legal. And while the guy you'd buy it from was probably ok, the people running the whole thing weren't.

When I was in Jr High the guy at the local store got busted by the FBI. When I asked why my parents said it was for selling football cards.:eek: Which was puzzling and gave me a bit of panic since I'd collected quite a few football cards. So they had to explain that it wasn't the ones I was buying but some other football cards. And not the fleer ATG set either which I'd only seen a couple of from some kid across town. I never did get a really good explanation what football cards would get someone arrested. But sort of wanted to collect them - it sounded dangerous/adventurous. :)

Then I saw the gambling ones and it all made sense.

Steve B

Steve B