Western Association Old Judges

[oldjudge]

Great cards David! We should see if we can get a full run of the WA teams from both years. We are half way there in 1888, which will be the tough one.

[sreader3]

Oh man, Jay. Where did you get the Rowe Denver portrait? I thought the only copy was locked-up in the Denver Public Library collection!

Wait a minute -- may be confusing poses . . .

Yep here's the one I was thinking of:

http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm...d/26153/rec/23

[oldjudge]

I think the one you may be talking about is the bust pose.

[sreader3]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

I think the one you may be talking about is the bust pose.

Quite right. My bad.

[Troy Kirk]

[Joe_G.]

Great cards everyone.

Regarding 1888 (Fa & Fb) and 1889 (Fc) Western Association cards, I have another data point from a fellow Iowan who collects Iowa OJs (among other items). In studying pictures of his display case, it appears he has better than 20 Des Moines cards with only a single example, Kennedy, being an Fb, all others being issued in 1889 (Fc). He then also has a nice run of Sioux City which were only issued in 1889 (Fc). The Des Moines collection matches John's experience with Milwaukee (i.e. a dedicated effort to collect their respective Western Association teams which exists as primarily as Fb and Fc resulted in a nearly 100% Fc collection due to Fb rarity).

When I went after the Fb Western Association run (a single example from each team), it was relatively easy to obtain St. Louis Whites, Chicago Maroons, Kansas City Blues, and Des Moines Prohibitionists. The remainder, however, (Omaha Omahogs, Milwaukee Brewers, and St. Paul Apostles) were difficult. I leave out Minneapolis Millers since that team is almost exclusively Fa and not too difficult to obtain a single copy. On a side note, even the easier teams I listed have extremely difficult players/poses.

[ValKehl]

Clark Griffith.