March Pickups
 

Found this neat 1920's Spalding 5 inch Catchers Glove with an advertisement.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...ps3093e04c.jpg


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...psc08e9b9e.jpg


Found its brothers in an 2000 Hunt Auctions

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...ps12600447.jpg

Two recent Legendary pick-ups

Picked this up today.

http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/a...pse71d3ef4.jpg

This has basically no value, is beat to heck, but Id never seen it and LOVE IT. Love the Cat's name too;)

Ben, great photo. Not nice of whoever dressed the chunky kid to Ruth's right. :)

It was a very bad 1951 baseball film. Then again is there such a thing as a good 1950s baseball film? The link below has information on the film.

http://thestalkingmoon.weebly.com/5/...barb-1951.html

Most of the Four Color comics from that era are beat to heck, because the kids actually read them :)

Incidentally, besides the #423 you have, Rhubarb was in issues #466 and #563 as well (minus the baseball theme, so strictly for fans of affluent felines).

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...Series/466.jpghttp://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...Series/563.jpg

Thanks for the info all

Plan to do some research on this day in Cleveland.

http://legendaryauctions.com/ItemIma...55281a_lg.jpeg

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Thank you. Yeah.. that chubby little dude rules. It looks like a scene from the little rascals or bad news bears. I just love how all the kids are different and pretty much frame Ruth. Early images of Ruth with groups of kids are tough. You mostly see him while he is retired.. not in uniform. This one is in his prime with a giants jersey cuz players were unable to wear their own on the off season. I guess there are ways around that.. just throw on another jersey..haha..silliness. I just love that these kids are from a orphanage like Ruth and all of different ages/sizes…very happy to own it!

Ben

Any chance the fat kid is "Fatty Joe Cobb" of the early Little Rascals? It would fit the time frame and the Los Angeles location of the photo too I think. It looks a LOT like him but just a guess.

Rhys

Man, how could you not love the Babe. He always put the kids first. Wish he didn't have to go through what he did as a child in an orphanage, but seems like it had a hugely positive impact on his life.

Rhys,

I don't think it is him as it is not mentioned in the slug or any other place this image is online

I think it is just another chubby feller. But I am no ear, nose and ect specialist so I could be wrong.

Couple of nice ol' pics:

1) Feb 1912 outside the left field wall of the old Huntington Ave. Grounds - Fenway would open two months later

2) 1908 Harvard basketball team - any basketball memorabilia from this era is so hard to find!

I like this. may keep/may sell, but can't wait to get it..DODGERS.:)

Very cool Dodgers piece Scott -- also love the horse and buggy outside left field from the other Scott!

Greg

I love the Horse and Buggy outside the Huntington Avenue Grounds too. Simply a wonderful image.

In keeping with March's pick-up theme, here is a postcard I received the other day (it's been trimmed down a little), of a 'bus' being used to transport a ball-team. Joe Wood describes such transportation in 'The Glory of Their Times'.

Also, a postcard showing buggies lined up along the 3rd-base line

Great stuff -- apparently you have to be named Scott to add to your collection this month!

Greg

I like the '41 team photo - I've had this ball signed by the '41 Dodgers for a while and it sure would display nicely with a photo like that!

Great Ball. :)If I decide to sell the photo, I'll message you first, see if u are interested.

Was really happy to score this Babe Ruth composition book. Entries in the notebook are dated 1925.

I picked this up from a board member. I've been looking for prewar Columbia for some time. This one is extra special since it is Zinn Beck.

Congratulations John. Great pickup!

From Legendary, a beautiful Mickey Vernon bat.

Ken

Actually got this last month, it's now a centerpiece in the collection: Early Wynn's 200th win ball, with a notated LOA. Can't believe nobody wanted this on ebay.

Ken

Scorer
 

Picked up this old scorer today.

Shinguards
 

Won these in auction in Feb, but arrived today. They are in super shape and the old school clasps all work great!

Picked up a neat local piece yesterday...hadn't seen it before..the whole "paper" is dedicated to the Lincoln Athletics.

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AWESOME Wynn win ball, Ken!

Graig

Sweet Wynn win win!

I used to work with a guy named Ngyuen Ngyuen (pronounced "win win"). True...had to mention it.

Can't say it any better than Graig...nice Nice Wynn win ball. :D

It was a good week for photos.

• Post Card calendar - 1911 Villisca, Iowa
• RPPC of Bloomer team
• RPPC of 1909 KC Red Sox w/Stengel
• Cabinet turned into cdv?
• Cabinet with future member of SF Seals who is on an OBAK-E Griffin (rt,front)

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1911-baseball...WF!~~60_57.JPG

Great Stuff Mr Forrest. :)

Awesome stuff Scott!!

goldsmith hang tag
 

Here is the goldsmith hang tag off ebay, with my Goldmith ball to match from the national. Oakland Oaks ball. Got to be a rare hang tag. never seen one...

Christmas card from a supportive fan addressed to Tris Speaker concerning a Sept. 25, 1919 game fixing scandal. This accusation was made against him (and Ty Cobb) by major league pitcher Dutch Leonard in 1926.

I've been watching this 1909 KEIO postcard for a while - finally pulled the trigger.

And below KEIO's rival, Waseda, from their 1911 U.S. tour.

interesting
 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keio_University
Pretty nice...wouldn't mind seeing some close-in shots, especially of that top one...I looked up Keio...had no idea what it was....see above it's a univeristy.."It is known as the oldest institute of higher education in Japan"

Carlton, you'll be able to find more about both teams, "soon", on the research page of my web-site. I've been very frustrated with how slow it takes to get articles published, and will be creating a venue for other baseball historians to web-publish their articles. It will be professional, etc., and I already have 4-5 articles ready to go up.

I'll start a thread when it's ready to accommodate articles by you all.

I'll be bookmarking that site. LOVE IT

Thanks Scott. The three featured 1911 teams were the subject of an article I wrote back about that time, and the stats you see were gathered to support the article. I'll probably expand it to include a few more Chicago and Kansas City teams, and begin working backward toward 1900.

new pick-up. 1914 federal league program

Good pickup, Matty39--are there any photos of the team or individual players inside? Pictures of the Buffeds from their first year are hard to find.

program
 

Sorry, no player photos in the program.

Just an FYI that I started this thread on the other side. It would be cool to ID the two players. I have never seen a Buffalo program before.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=165256

March Pickups
 

Picked up a few RPPC's and a couple of early stadium PC's the past couple of days. The teams I can identify from the PPPC's are: Northwest Missouri Normal College in Marysville, MO; Ft Worth Pirates?; Staplehurst, NE. Others I don't know.

Here are three more. The Marty O'Toole is a Max Stein, I believe. The New York field is pre-Yankee Stadium, but not sure what park? The other, of course is Wrigley Field.

Hilltop Park, 165th Street and Broadway, 1903-1912.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...tz/hilltop.jpg

Killer photo David.