Item #24: Letter looking for a team to play - From Dick Cogan 1894
 

This appears to be a signed letter from a Rich Cogan (Dick Cogan, Richard Henry Cogan) who later went on to become a professional baseball player. in the NL He played during the late 1890's and played for the New York Giants, Baltimore Orioles and also the Chicago Orphans.

Penmanship is definitely a lost art, huh?

It sure is, I think some may not even be able to read this at all.

Item #25: Letter from friend NY Evening Post - 1891
 

This letters looks to be a letter from a friend from the NY Evening Post. There a bit about the NY Giants, and the Beaneaters as well a mention of Tim Keefe who apparently was a pitcher for the NY Giants 1891.

I have no idea this George "G. W' D." is but appears that he was right gin going with the "Beaneaters".

Item #25: Letter from friend mentions Phillies and Brooklyn - 1891
 

Toward the bottom of this letter the sender seems to be excited about the game between the Phillies and Brooklyn, apparently 5 Home Runs in one game must have been a big deal.

item #26: Receipt for a Spaulding Baseball - 1888
 

Not too bad at back then compared to what that 1888 ball would sell for today.

Item #27: Payment for use of grounds - 1888
 

Payment to the Sussex Agricultural Society for the use of grounds for the Newton Baseball Club baseball games.

Item #28: Envelopes with other baseball receipts
 

These envelopes contain hand written receipts, store receipts and so on for purchases for the Newton Baseball Club, circa late 1880's.

Mark,
Thank you. I don’t think any of us anticipated how much stuff you have and we appreciate your efforts in posting.

You're welcome bgar3. I also appreciate what you and the rest are sharing wit me. There is a lot. I have more that I will get to soon but I am getting closer to being done.

Item #29: Peck & Snyder / Indian Club Exercise
 

This as you can see did not fair well in the box. It was found near the area in the box where most of the damage was done by being in that damp bank basement. The catalogue is extremely fragile but you can see most pages. I cannot tell the date of this catalogue but I want to list it here because of the baseballs and bases section.

Item #30: Active Athletic Club - 1893
 

Letter from the Active Athletic Club, Paterson, NJ trying to get dates setup for play the Newton Baseball Club.

Item #31: Baseball related checks - 1886 through 1889
 

These are a few of the checks that I have found so far that are related to baseball and the Newton Base Ball Club.

Wow.

What great stuff, I particularly enjoy the things related to Treasurer Goodman, since I'm an accountant.

Glad youv'e enjoyed it. The box has a ton more (not baseball related) that are banking and accounting related. I'm asl glad to hear that there was something that crossed over into baseball with your last name on it. Small world... :)

Item #32(a): Morse's Base Ball Book / Schedule - 1890
 

I was gong to try to post every page but it's just too much to do. Instead I will pick out a few pages and let folks ask me for others if they want to see them.


Pay careful attention to image in this post. There you find a list of things that this booklet/schedule has to offer. The booklet is about 6" x 3" and it contains white a bit of things in such a small package.

- NL and American Associations Schedules
- Some woodcut images of players
- Advertisements
- Players League
- University teams, Harvard, Princeton, Yale
- College Team
- Rules, statistics, other
-...and more

Here is the table of contents. Hopefully you can read it. If not please let me know.

Item #32(b): Morse's Base Ball Book / Schedule - 1890
 

Here we go.... I will post each image separately. Hence the 32(a), 32(b) and so on.

Comments are more than welcome.

item #32(c): Morse's Base Ball Book / Schedule - 1890
 

Meet Mr. Morse

item #32(d): Morse's Base Ball Book / Schedule - 1890
 

Pay careful attention to the names here... John B. Day, Spaulding, and more. Also look at the "Associations" list.

item #32(e): Morse's Base Ball Book / Schedule - 1890
 

Dennis Brouthers (woodcut) - Leading batsman of the league

item #32(f): Morse's Base Ball Book / Schedule - 1890
 

Boston Schedule

Good stuff, as you know. Thanks for still putting them up. Morse is in great shape.

Hi ya bgar3,

You're welcome! I will probably add a few more images today. Just need to find a little bit of time. Hopefuly there are some requests from other members asking for some of the pages. Please know that they will be in no particular order.

Thanks again,

---Mark

Need help
 

I was wondering if I should post the Morse's schedule as a different thread. What does anyone, everyone think?

Item #32(g): Morse's Base Ball Book / Schedule - 1890
 

Michael J. Kelly or should I say "King" Kelly elected into the Base Ball Hall of Fame in 1945.

This thread was moved to the front page section so a few more enthusiasts can see it. Quite a remarkable box!

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Look at the beautiful script handwriting on this letter and compare it to the so-called scribbles called autographs on modern basketball cards. What a difference 125 years makes.

Hi Leon, Thht was very kind of you to do that. Thank you!

It sure does make a difference. Some of the pieces in the box are amazing. I can't post them here since they do not relate to Base Ball. I want to be sure I follow the rules of this board. I'm grateful to be able to share what's in the box.

Item #33(j): Morse's Base Ball Book / Schedule - 1890
 

1889 Champion Results

incredible stuff!

Glad you like it. It's definitely more tan I though. This is also just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many other pieces of paper that fall into other categories. I also have bags of things I still need to go through but I believe most of the BB items have been uncovered I think.

---Mark

Item #33(k): Morse's Base Ball Book / Schedule - 1890
 

Pennant Winners

List of players who have helped to win more than one Championship.

item #33(L): Morse's Base Ball Book / Schedule - 1890
 

John J. Clarkson - Leading pitcher of 1989. Elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1963.

Item #33(m): Morse's Base Ball Book / Schedule - 1890
 

New York Players' League Club schedule.

item #33(n): Morse's Base Ball Book / Schedule - 1890
 

Patsy Donovan
P. J. Donovan
Patrick Joseph Donovan

Item #33(0): Morse's Base Ball Book / Schedule - 1890
 

Yale University Base Ball schedule - 1890

Item #33(p): Morse's Base Ball Book / Schedule - 1890
 

League Pitchers Record

item #33(q): Morse's Base Ball Book / Schedule - 1890
 

Brooklyn and Buffalo's Players League Schedule