March Pick Up

[Scott Garner]

I recently managed to fill a huge hole in my no-hitter ticket collection:
A fully dated ticket stub from Philadelphia A's pitcher Dick Fowler's no-hitter on 9/9/45 @ Philly. Dated tickets from earlier Philadelphia games are the exception, not the rule as most did not have dates on them.
Believe it or not, this ticket took me over 45 years to find. It's been a long slog to say the least... Many thanks to net54's David Shakir for finding this guy for me

Dick Fowler had a very unusual bio. Prior to pitching in the ML he was actually a Canadian Mountie. In addition, he was pretty large in stature for a player in the 1940's. Retrosheet.org has him listed as being 6' 4.5" and weighing 230 lbs. - big dude!

I recently also acquired a cool circa 1947 signed snapshot of Dick Fowler clowning around with his diminutive great pitching teammate, Bobby Schantz, and another unnamed tall pitcher on the A's. Thanks to another great member of net54, Gary Scamehorn, for helping me add this snapshot to my mini collection of no-hit pitcher snapshots. Gary is one of the nicest guys out there & he manages to find a lot of incredible vintage snapshots, which is his collecting focus.

[boneheadandrube]

Stoked to have this

1910's Ty Cobb Type III.jpg

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I recently managed to fill a huge hole in my no-hitter ticket collection:
A fully dated ticket stub from Philadelphia A's pitcher Dick Fowler's no-hitter on 9/9/45 @ Philly. Dated tickets from earlier Philadelphia games are the exception, not the rule as most did not have dates on them.
Believe it or not, this ticket took me over 45 years to find. It's been a long slog to say the least... Many thanks to net54's David Shakir for finding this guy for me

Dick Fowler had a very unusual bio. Prior to pitching in the ML he was actually Canadian Mountie. He was actually very large in stature for a player in the 1940's. Retrosheet.org has him listed as being 6' 4.5" and weighing 230 lbs. - big dude!

I recently also acquired a cool circa 1947 signed snapshot of Dick Fowler clowning around with the diminutive great, teammate Bobby Schantz and another tall player on the A's. Thanks to another great member of net54, Gary Scamehorn, for helping me add this cool snapshot to my mini collection of no-hit pitcher snapshots. Gary is one of the nicest guys out there & he manages to find a lot of incredible vintage snapshots, which is his collecting focus.

Awesome, Scott!

[mrozie21]

Picked up a 1942 Pirates uniform, needs some restoration of the team name

[mr2686]

Another great pickup Scott! I'm finding that I get more joy reading about your rare finds than I do finding something for my own collection. LOL

[kdixon]

Had for years never had scanned this before. Zach Wheat Studio photo from Gardner and Co, Brooklyn.

[Jobu]

Terrific photo!!

Originally Posted by kdixon

Had for years never had scanned this before. Zach Wheat Studio photo from Gardner and Co, Brooklyn.

[GoCubsGo32]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I recently managed to fill a huge hole in my no-hitter ticket collection:
A fully dated ticket stub from Philadelphia A's pitcher Dick Fowler's no-hitter on 9/9/45 @ Philly. Dated tickets from earlier Philadelphia games are the exception, not the rule as most did not have dates on them.
Believe it or not, this ticket took me over 45 years to find. It's been a long slog to say the least... Many thanks to net54's David Shakir for finding this guy for me

Dick Fowler had a very unusual bio. Prior to pitching in the ML he was actually a Canadian Mountie. In addition, he was pretty large in stature for a player in the 1940's. Retrosheet.org has him listed as being 6' 4.5" and weighing 230 lbs. - big dude!

I recently also acquired a cool circa 1947 signed snapshot of Dick Fowler clowning around with his diminutive great pitching teammate, Bobby Schantz, and another unnamed tall pitcher on the A's. Thanks to another great member of net54, Gary Scamehorn, for helping me add this snapshot to my mini collection of no-hit pitcher snapshots. Gary is one of the nicest guys out there & he manages to find a lot of incredible vintage snapshots, which is his collecting focus.

Thanks Scott, for the very kind words. I really appreciate that. I truly enjoy the hobby and helping people out. I'm glad I've been able to help you with your collection. Always a pleasure,Scott. Cheers to you!

[kdixon]

Picked up these Philadelphia A's tickets from 1927 and 1926. 1927 had Collins Cobb and Wheat on the team.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by kdixon

Picked up these Philadelphia A's tickets from 1927 and 1926. 1927 had Collins Cobb and Wheat on the team.

Pretty expensive for a box seat....I guess things were good until 1929.

Which makes me think....how did baseball do through the Great Depression?

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Pretty expensive for a box seat....I guess things were good until 1929.

Which makes me think....how did baseball do through the Great Depression?

You think that's expensive...
Check out this Stanley Cup finals ticket from 1900
Victoria Hockey Club of Winnipeg vs Montreal Shamrocks

https://www.classicauctions.net/mobi...ntoryid=137367

[Butch7999]

Not a bad price for a Cup challenge game, really, considering there were only 4300 seats...

[jerseygary]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I recently managed to fill a huge hole in my no-hitter ticket collection:
A fully dated ticket stub from Philadelphia A's pitcher Dick Fowler's no-hitter on 9/9/45 @ Philly. Dated tickets from earlier Philadelphia games are the exception, not the rule as most did not have dates on them.
Believe it or not, this ticket took me over 45 years to find. It's been a long slog to say the least... Many thanks to net54's David Shakir for finding this guy for me

Dick Fowler had a very unusual bio. Prior to pitching in the ML he was actually a Canadian Mountie. In addition, he was pretty large in stature for a player in the 1940's. Retrosheet.org has him listed as being 6' 4.5" and weighing 230 lbs. - big dude!

I recently also acquired a cool circa 1947 signed snapshot of Dick Fowler clowning around with his diminutive great pitching teammate, Bobby Schantz, and another unnamed tall pitcher on the A's. Thanks to another great member of net54, Gary Scamehorn, for helping me add this snapshot to my mini collection of no-hit pitcher snapshots. Gary is one of the nicest guys out there & he manages to find a lot of incredible vintage snapshots, which is his collecting focus.

I think that's Lou Brissie on the right - note his leg brace beneath his sock

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by jerseygary

I think that's Lou Brissie on the right - note his leg brace beneath his sock

Thanks for the ID on Lou Brissie, Gary!

[Darner]

Happy to pick up this Philadelphia Athletics kids shirt. Made by Ely & Walker in 1949 when it was promoted with an essay contest. Winners were treated to regular season and World Series games. Image of the contest flyer is from the Hall of Fame but I would love to find one to display with the shirt.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Darner

Happy to pick up this Philadelphia Athletics kids shirt. Made by Ely & Walker in 1949 when it was promoted with an essay contest. Winners were treated to regular season and World Series games. Image of the contest flyer is from the Hall of Fame but I would love to find one to display with the shirt.

I've seen the Washington Senators version of this shirt, maybe they made one for all the teams. Great item!

[Darner]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

I've seen the Washington Senators version of this shirt, maybe they made one for all the teams. Great item!

Thanks! I've seen the Phillies version and I believe they made shirts for all 16 teams.

[bat_master]

The Tony Lazzeri was in March, but the Roush was a bit earlier.

1923-25 H&B Edd Roush and a 1931 H&B Tony Lazzeri.

The Roush is a real club measuring 33 1/8" and 45 oz. The Lazzeri is 35" and 36 oz. Both bats are perfectly reflected in their respective ordering records. This Roush is now the heaviest bat in my collection.

The Lazzeri was sourced from a gentleman not far from Chicago. Fresh to the hobby.

[baseball tourist]

Originally Posted by bat_master

The Tony Lazzeri was in March, but the Roush was a bit earlier.

1923-25 H&B Edd Roush and a 1931 H&B Tony Lazzeri.

The Roush is a real club measuring 33 1/8" and 45 oz. The Lazzeri is 35" and 36 oz. Both bats are perfectly reflected in their respective ordering records. This Roush is now the heaviest bat in my collection.

The Lazzeri was sourced from a gentleman not far from Chicago. Fresh to the hobby.




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Beautiful lumber!

[Mark]

Originally Posted by bat_master

The Tony Lazzeri was in March, but the Roush was a bit earlier.

1923-25 H&B Edd Roush and a 1931 H&B Tony Lazzeri.

The Roush is a real club measuring 33 1/8" and 45 oz. The Lazzeri is 35" and 36 oz. Both bats are perfectly reflected in their respective ordering records. This Roush is now the heaviest bat in my collection.

The Lazzeri was sourced from a gentleman not far from Chicago. Fresh to the hobby.

Beautiful bats! That Roush looks massive and very Roush-like. Thanks for sharing.