1914 B18 Blankets Questions
 

FYI - I am working on a description of an upcoming auction. I only buy them here and there but the collector in me has a couple questions about this set.

Can someone confirm (with images) these three player/variations?
Chance/Yellow Pennants-Blue Infield,
Griffith/White Infield-Red Pennants,
O'Neill/Red Pennants.

The few near sets sold at auction have all been missing these same three. They are listed in the SCD but I am wondering if they even exist.

Red Infields
SCD lists 17 different. Nine are Boston Braves and there is one player for each position. The other eight are Detroit Tigers, again, one player at each position but no shortstop. I'm thinking there has to be (or at least should be) a ninth Tiger and it should be their shortstop. Baseball-reference.com says their SS was Donie Bush but he isn't in the set. Del Gainer is in the set but not listed in SCD as having a red infield. According to baseball-reference.com he was 1st base and OF. Does anyone have a B18 Del Gainer with a red infield? It make sense if a ninth player exists it is going to be Gainer.

Thanks for any help,
Peter

I actually collect the red infields, but haven't seen Gainor [sic].

Upcoming Heritage Auction
 

We are going to have five Red infield in our February auction.

Gainor has a white and brown infield, but I don't believe a red infield has ever been documented. So only 8 Tigers have a Red infield. If the Red Infields were printed last ( I Don't know), Gainor may have been left out since he only played in 1 game for Detroit in 1914 and was off the team by May 24th. Why Bush was not a part of this set is a mystery to me ?

O'Neill Red Pennants
 

Hi Pete,

I have been trying to get confirmation on the O'Neill (Red Pennants) B18 for probably 20 years. I have never seen visual confirmation. A few years back one of the major auction companies listed one in a large lot description.

I emailed the company at that time to send me a scan, and I never received a response to my request.

Patrick