Washington: First in war, First in peace, and Last in the American Association for 1884 with a 12-51 won-loss record. The Washington Nationals (a/k/a Statesmen) did not even finish the season - the team disbanded after its August 2, 1884, home loss by the score of 6 to 5 to the eventual league champion New York Metropolitans with HOF pitcher Tim Keefe, who played center field in this game. Below are (1) a scored scorecard for this game upon which is written in the right margin, "Washington club disbanded after this game," and (2) an 1884 season schedule for the Washington team upon which "Disbanded this date" is written next to the August 2nd game date. It appears to me that the same person wrote both of these comments about the team disbanding, however, interestingly, I did not acquire these two items from the same dealer or at the same time.
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Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo. Also E222 cards of Lipe, Revelle & Ryan.
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