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Butch & Co.Beauty game, Dave. Relatively sharp condition, even with the little bit of rust and wear -- the game's often seen in ruinous remnant shape.
You've got the rules essentially correct -- the result for the batter is indicated in the quadrant that arcs through home plate. Applicable results for baserunners are indicated in the other quadrants. You can probably find a decent explanation of the rules by visiting the US Patent Office website and entering the patent number there. Since Greg has the game, perhaps he can post a pic of the rules in here as well. Sadly, this game isn't (yet) in our own collection.
Your game is missing the markers, or "coins," the rules sheet, and the box. The game is a fairly tough find, at least in nice shape, and the markers more scarce, but "exceedingly rare" is a bit of a stretch. We've seen several examples sell which included the markers -- which, by the way, should indicate the year of production, if you compare the player names to season rosters. Although patented in 1911, the game wasn't in production until at least a year later, but remained in production for a few more years. The box actually seems to be the most difficult component to find. Not sure what Joe's referring to about a three-dice game and gameboard being components as well, but we're always ready to learn something new...
It's a little hard to estimate a price on your game because of the two different editions and the widely varying physical condition and varying degrees of completeness among previous sales. Hunt Auctions sold a really sweet example for $940. back in 1995, but a pretty nice one, boxed and missing only the markers, snuck away for less than $50. on eBay just a couple of months ago. Overall, the game has averaged around $200. in internet sales and auctions over the last five or six years.
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