Things were different back then . . .
 

. . . you had to live fast!

Here's a guy who:

< was the first major league player with the nickname of "Spider," a moniker he received because of his thin build and his excellent range as a fielder;

< at age 21, played for the 1889 Washington Nationals, primarily as catcher behind Connie Mack. Alas, the Washington club folded after the 1889 season, and he was out of work, but not before leaving us this card;

< at age 22, played for the 1890 Buffalo Bisons of the Players League, again with Connie Mack;

< in only 107 games spread across those two MLB seasons, he played every position on the diamond at least four times, except for pitcher. He only pitched once;

< in Buffalo was noticed in a story in Sporting Life which related that "Owen Clark's first base playing has caught the crowds. He is deservedly a favorite.";

< was out of work again as the Player's League folded after the 1890 season;

< was too sick with tuberculosis to play anywhere for the 1891 season, and died of the disease in early 1892 at age 24.

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d15b2f6f_c.jpgT206 McIntyre (Brooklyn - Sweet Caporal 150-649) by Greg Martin, on Flickr

Harry in the T206 Hall of Mirrors.

Brian

Recent pickup for me.

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No idea what this is. Stamp sized

A 5 day lapse for posts? Shame on me! Here's a tombstoned Gypsy Queen of Roger Connor to raise this thread from the dead.


Brian

Love it! I lost the last one that came at auction.... it still stings!

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I know, BCCG, but i bought it for the card in what I assumed was good condition and I am just fine with it. One of these days I will introduce the holder to Mr. Dremel.

Since the last pin was okay, maybe another?

Dode, falling from the sky.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...56706ca0fe.jpg

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Ed, cool pin of the Los Angeles team. Any idea what year it's from?

It’s 1909. Nice Ornate Johnson. Sophomoric humor intended.

Pins, coins, it's all good.

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1925-31 W590 Stanley Harris
 

Bucky Harris

Stanley R. "Bucky" Harris. Second baseman for the Washington Senators in 1919-1928. 1,297 hits and 167 stolen bases in 12 MLB seasons. 1924 and 1947 World Series champion. In 1975, inducted to the MLB Hall of Fame.

Harris was named player-manager of the Washington Senators in 1924 at age 27. "The Boy Wonder" led Washington to World Series victory as "rookie" manger. Managed Washington Senators in 1924-1928, 1935-1942, and 1950-1954. Managed the Detroit Tigers in 1929-1933 and 1955-1956. Managed the Boston Red Sox in 1934. Managed the Philadelphia Phillies in 1943. Managed the New York Yankees in 1947-1948, including winning the 1947 world Series. Served as the General Manager of the Boston Red Sox in 1959-1960.

In his desperate attempt to escape working in the coal mines, Harris played semi-professional basketball when the games were played in cages (hence "cager" for BB player) and northeastern PA was an epi-center of popularity of the emerging sport. This excerpt from his SABR biography explains how he got his nickname:

Stanley was raised in Pittston, Pennsylvania, near Scranton. Brother Merle, seven years older, was a Minor League player. When Stanley was thirteen years old his father abandoned the family, and young Stanley quit school to help his mother. A neighbor, W.P. Jennings, superintendent of a Pennsylvania Coal Company mine, gave him a job separating coal and slate. He worked nine hours a day for twelve cents an hour. It was hazardous work; accidents were not uncommon, with limbs getting caught and mashed by the crushing and sorting machines. After work he played baseball with other youngsters until dark, usually with a ball made by winding string around a rubber core and covering it with tape.

After six months Stanley became an office boy at the Butler Colliery for less pay but with a better chance for promotion. The following year he was promoted to assistant weigh-master, tasked with keeping a check on the coal leaving the colliery. He was now earning $9.72 a week as a fourteen-year-old, and even though he weighed only about one hundred pounds, he still yearned to become a professional ballplayer like brother Merle. He played basketball during the winter to keep in shape and build up his strength. There he earned his lifelong nickname. “I had a couple of players on my back in a rough game,” he said. “When I shook them off and shot a basket [a friend] said I bucked like a tough little bronco”.

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Cool thread, here's one (thanks, Luke!)...

I tried to find the most generic card possible for this post and... out comes the W522 Mayfair Baseball Positions card. Collect them all!

Brian (not my card, but golly mine looks very similar, except for the "COMC" overstamp. By the way I like to think this is Babe Ruth just after being traded to the Yankees. The pinstripes are a dead giveaway.)

1910 Baseball Group Photo – Randlett, Oklahoma
 

1910 Baseball Group Photo – Randlett, Oklahoma

I'll concede the generic card category to Brian, but offer this blank-backed entry in "easiest to draw".

While "yes" is a correct answer, "Does the Pope deuce in the woods?" would also be accepted. I would think.

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Man, I meant to bid on that, but missed the end time.

Thought I would throw in another boxing card

The back of the card

Here is my boxing card of Max Schmeling.

Brian

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Yeah, baby, yeah!

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Lets see some hand clapping cards in this thread. [emoji1376][emoji1376]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c0dba038fd.jpg

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Nice Schmeling :D

Do hydroplanes count?

Here are a couple of E90-1 cards of Phelps, one with mystery red/blue coloration.

Brian

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Got this 30 years ago at the 1991 National. Happy National Week all you lucky bastards in CHI.

1921 E253 Oxford Confectionary Walter Johnson
 

I'll always marvel at the decision to show the greatest pitcher of the time (1921), if not all-time, batting!?

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I say why not show these two cards? Two different W573 issues, which I have designated Type 1 and Type 3.

The W573 Type 1, which is the most common, is the hand cut on thin stock issue in B/W, likely issued in 1922.

The Type 2 (not shown), which is not as common, is the hand cut on thin stock, likely issued in 1922, that is tinted green (for National League players) or sepia (American Leaguers), just as is seen in the E120 American Caramel set.

The Type 3 is a larger card with bigger borders and is machine cut on thicker cardboard, and is the scarcest issue. The Type 3 Devormer card shown on the right is significant in that the team designation has been changed, indicating that it had to have been produced after January 3rd, 1923, as that was the date that Lou was traded from the Yankees to Boston.

Brian

(edited to add that I helpfully circled the "Boston Americans" on the Type 3 card to indicate this later change, and added "New York Giants" as a reminder that Lou also played for the Giants in 1927).

Here's an old one.

1910 Baseball Team Photo - M.W.A. - Union, Iowa
 

1910 Baseball Team Photo - M.W.A. - Union, Iowa

"The Sandlot" circa 1907
 

"The Sandlot" circa 1907.

Here are some more youngsters.

Cool History on the player/manager and card.
Like the Card but Love the History
THanks for sharing

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The Brown Bombers, a segregated US military team in WWII. Possibly with the 66th aviation squadron in Everett, WA. Still researching that.

George Gibson representing the E96 Philadelphia Caramel card crowd.

Brian

Outstanding!
 

Really outstanding image! Thanks for posting!

Thank you. Here are some more young lads. They look a little Civil War-ish but the cabinet is later.

Great Photo!
 

I love this one as well!

W516-1-2
 

W516-1-2


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...371f71a1_z.jpg1920 W516-1-2-02 by Greg Martin, on Flickr

Nice heinie, baby, yeah!

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One good heinie deserves another:

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As long as we are showing our Heinie's
 

Henry E. "Heinie" Manush. Outfielder for the Washington Senators in 1930-1935. 2,524 hits and 110 home runs in 17 MLB seasons. Had a .330 career batting average. 1934 All-Star. 1926 AL batting champion. Had more than 200 hits four times. In 1964, was inducted to the MLB Hall of Fame.

Manush debuted with the Detroit Tigers in 1923. He was the leading batter on the 1933 Washington Senator team that won the AL pennant. First and last player to be ejected from a World Series game. Had 241 hits in 1928. Coach for the Washington Senators in 1953-1954.

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...955bdd81_z.jpg1921 Schulz Game by Greg Martin, on Flickr

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I refuse to run down this Heinie hole with you all, but like Adam's Exhibits I have to admit this card will Groh on you.

Brian (E220 National Caramel)

Heinie hole...classic. Can't touch that and wouldn't want to.

Meanwhile, a snap of Foxx with the Cubs

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1909 Bloomingburg New York Baseball Club
 

1909 Bloomingburg New York Baseball Club

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...44aa90f3_z.jpg1921 W9316 07 by Greg Martin, on Flickr

Always like to show a W9316 variation when I have the chance, this one the non-squiggle version of Cadore.

Brian

No squiggles


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...213acfd7_c.jpg1921 W9316 07 (1) by Greg Martin, on Flickr

Roslyn Yippers 1928. Same team that jimmy Claxton plated for. Not pictured

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...641368d1_z.jpg1928 Fro Joy 06 (A) by Greg Martin, on Flickr

By the way the Heinie Groh references were great 😂

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5ee033d6_z.jpg1962 Sears Little Pro by Greg Martin, on Flickr

Don't tell the Obak thread that I posted this here.

Brian

1910 Town Talk Flour Baseball Club - Lawrenceburg, Indiana
 

1910 Town Talk Flour Baseball Club - Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Whenever I have the chance to post 1-2/3 cards, I do it. These are George C. Miller cards of Charlie Gehringer and Wally Berger. The Gehringer is considered Type 1. One of the ways to identify it as such is by the misspellings of 'Fox' and 'Klien' on the back checklist, while the Berger is a Type 2, with corrected spellings on its checklist. The Berger is also a redeemed card that was sent into the company for a prize and had its bottom chopped off and returned to the customer. Another style of redemption is seen that features multiple hole punches, configured in a diamond shape.

Today's George C. Miller lesson is over. It's time for recess followed by a snack.

Brian

nice cabinet Card

Such a cool set!

I had to look up that reference. Pretty funny. I also didn’t know what an accomplished golfer Byrd was….two top five Masters finishes!

Bobby Jones was quoted saying Byrd was the best man with a driver he had ever scene.


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Not sure of the year or team, but the photographer was J. C. Brewster of San Buenaventura, Cal. (and it looks like they won a very small trophy).

San Buenaventura, colloquially known as "Ventura", is a mere 60 miles or so from me. I end up going to court there pretty regularly.

But I digress...

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I may tackle some more from this set. They sure are purty.

I guess that explains the V on their shirts.

Maybe. And that trophy is definitely Caddyshack sized.

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W517 with a Winner Stripe:


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My greenie

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Sort of a green line?

Looks like printing haze to me.

Front and back all out of whack.

Brian (just a hack whose scans lack)

Another Haas: strike-out


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c421dd92_z.jpg1931 W517 32 (Strike Out) by Greg Martin, on Flickr


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1897 On Time Starch pin of HOF manager Frank Selee

As long as we're doing pins:

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19th century HOFer Peter Jackson

Some guys having fun...

More guys having fun...

Fun with tools:

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Cubs' spring training on Catalina

Thoughtless fun...Enameline College Doll card. Missing head. It is just a generic head anyways. The world does not need more attached generic heads.

Brian

Pins it is!

Tough-to-find Jake Stenzel Cameo Pepsin.