1918 - 1919 ? Baseball Betting Cards
Not entirely sure what these are so if anyone could help, much obliged. They appear to be betting cards/slips. The "War Tax" on these helps me date them. I've seen that on 1919 Ticket Stubs. I just found this on Wiki regarding the War Tax: "While this Act is referred to as the Revenue Act of 1918, it was not passed until early in 1919. The tax continued until it was repealed in 1924." So I now can date them to 1919 to 1923.
But there is no column for Sunday and by the 20's they were playing Sunday games. A last clue is the no "H" at the end of Pittsburg, any idea when that was added? I want these
to be 1919 but think it will remain a mystery and at best put them at 1919-1923.
Each slip on the back is intact, but if u unfold them they list all the teams as well as minor league teams as well.
Anyhow I think its a neat accent piece to my Black Sox collection, a nice gambling tie in item.
Last edited by Shoeless Moe; 09-06-2011 at 08:41 PM.
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