Gambling, Stealing, Killing and Other Pernicious Effects of Baseball Card Collecting

[smokelessjoe]

I am researching stuff pertaining to baseball all of the time - I often think to myself, the folks on Net54 would appreciate this or enjoy reading this - but then I quickly move on or I save the article for later "I will post it some other time".

I hope you folks enjoy these articles, as they touch on subjects such as Buying, Selling, Gambling, Stealing, Murder etc. with baseball cards or baseball photos being the common theme. All are from either 1910 or 1911. Or if you get bored - now you have some random baseball stuff to read

[smokelessjoe]

Minus the Baseball Pictures

[smokelessjoe]

Burlesque Actresses In Tights

[smokelessjoe]

Hustling for Cards

[smokelessjoe]

30 Baseball Cards & a Button Stolen!

[smokelessjoe]

Prized Photo of the 1886 Allatoona Team.

[garymc]

Really enjoyed reading this post......thanks !!!!!

[brass_rat]

These are great, thank you!

Do you have a list of sources? I'm interested in where these came from... Awesome stuff.

Cheers,
Steve

[smokelessjoe]

Originally Posted by brass_rat

These are great, thank you!

Do you have a list of sources? I'm interested in where these came from... Awesome stuff.

Cheers,
Steve

I wanted to apologize for not responding sooner... I am out of town in Minnesota for the Asphalt Recycling and Reclaiming Association convention - so not much access to my computer. I wanted to say thank you for the kind remarks and I will post the list of sources hopefully later today.

I have more I will post and please feel free to add more articles if anyone has anything they would like to add.

[h2oya311]

excellent post! Thanks for sharing. I concur with Leon. I was thinking these were the types of things happening today to attain these coveted cards we so enjoy! I had no idea that this sort of corrupt and dubious behavior occurred over a century ago for these very same cardboard treasures!

[smokelessjoe]

Here is the list of papers / dates. I have listed them in the order as they are posted.

Springville_Journal_Thu__Jul_14__1910
The_Central_New_Jersey_Home_News_Wed__Apr_13__1910
Hartford_Courant_Tue__May_24__1910
The_Greenville_News_Sun__Jun_12__1910
The_Washington_Post_Mon__Jan_3__1910
Altoona_Tribune_Mon__Feb_20__1911
Asheville_Gazette_News_Sat__Jun_24__1911
St__Louis_Post_Dispatch_Sun__Jun_18__1911
The_Daily_Times_Tue__Aug_23__1910
DC april 10th clipping_Piedmont cards
The_Washington_Post_Fri__Feb_18__1910
The_Washington_Post_Wed__Jun_1__1910
The_Washington_Post_Tue__May_16__1911
Evening_Report_Fri__Aug_12__1910
The_Greenville_News_Tue__Mar_15__1910
The_San_Francisco_Call_Fri__Oct_6__1911
St__Louis_Post_Dispatch_Wed__Sep_7__1910
News_Journal_Fri__May_6__1910
The_Evening_Chronicle_Thu__Mar_24__1910

[smokelessjoe]

Article titled Lots of 'Em!

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by smokelessjoe

On the other hand, the patient was under no obligation to actually SMOKE the cigarettes... he could have tossed them, or sold them to a buddy for a reduced price, and just kept the coupons and cards...

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Gary Dunaier

On the other hand, the patient was under no obligation to actually SMOKE the cigarettes... he could have tossed them, or sold them to a buddy for a reduced price, and just kept the coupons and cards...

Sounds like card collecting today. Keep the inserts/special cards and throw away the rest.. Not quite the way it was back in the day for us....

[brookdodger55]

Great Articles, article 7 in your post could have been a relative, same last name Wrenn.

[Jobu]

These were fun to read, thanks for the effort it took to post all of them!

[Shoebox]

Very entertaining! Thanks for sharing those!