[Oldtix]

A week or so ago, "thekingofclout" started a threat about Ohio baseball items. An early responder was "jantz", who posted a 1920 photo of an Indians player and he noted the player's black Ray Chapman memorial armband.

At a paper collectibles show yesterday, I spotted a stack of 17 unidentified vintage baseball snapshots on a dealer's table. He didn't know anything about them, but the Indians player in the top photo was wearing one of those black armbands! The other photos included shots of fans entering the ballpark, stadium views and field-level shots of several ballplayers and the opponent's dugout. Needless to say, I purchased the stack.

And now, as Paul Harvey would say, "the rest of the story"...I knew as soon as I saw the images of the portly manager of the Indians opponent but the truth was confirmed when I resized a shot of the scoreboard. The visiting team was Brooklyn. The snapshots are images of the 1920 World Series!

Thanks to my net54 comrades in helping make this wonderful acquisition!