c1915 Yale vs. Swarthmore Basketball Broadside P/U

[CarltonHendricks]

I'm pretty happy with this broadside that came this week off eBay...The seller had the year of 1901 wrong...and a high starting bid...No one bid...It took a couple seeks to put a deal together but he took my offer and relisted it with my offer as a BIN...at a designated time I would be on line to snatch it. I was able to learn the year by narrowing the years Tuesday March 2nd fell on being 1897 , 1909 , 1915....then I found a list of the games Swarthmore played in 1915 and that was the only March 2nd game with Yale...





All that was great to find....but after I got it the seller told me a whole lot more of the posters history...it came from a player on the 1915 Yale team...and there's a lot more...which I plan to write a story on.

1915 is the earliest color illustrated college basketball broadside I've seen. For some reason early basketball broadsides are a lot tougher to find than baseball and football...About a year ago I posted a Syracuse vs. Colgate basketball broadside...and I was very happy to get it but this ones is bigger and illustrated...

For me the top tier of broadsides is when they are issued by the school as opposed to a newspaper, or railroad, or other entity (although railroad ones are very cool)...For me they're the most substantial in that they come direct from the source...This one was issued by Yale and an alum named Robert Dobson illustrated it.

For anyone interested, below is a link to a story I did on antique sports posters
http://www.sportsantiques.com/PurdueNWBBPost.htm

[BradH]

Great item, Carlton. I've used the same method of deduction to date some of my early 1900s Purdue pieces - use an old media guide or record book to match the years that they played that particular opponent on that date and/or use an online calendar if necessary to trim down the possibilities to find the year.

Looking forward to reading the story on the piece's background!

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by BradH

Great item, Carlton. I've used the same method of deduction to date some of my early 1900s Purdue pieces - use an old media guide or record book to match the years that they played that particular opponent on that date and/or use an online calendar if necessary to trim down the possibilities to find the year.

Looking forward to reading the story on the piece's background!

Thanks Brad...yeah research is part of the fun...so you collect early Purdue items?

[scooter729]

Really neat item, Carlton! I know how hard any early basketball items can be, as I have been eying any opportunities to add Harvard basketball pieces to my Harvard collection. The best I have done on that front is this 1908 program, which has a drawing of a gentleman on the front who has a similar uniform to the Yale player on your broadside. Love these items!

Scott

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by scooter729

Really neat item, Carlton! I know how hard any early basketball items can be, as I have been eying any opportunities to add Harvard basketball pieces to my Harvard collection. The best I have done on that front is this 1908 program, which has a drawing of a gentleman on the front who has a similar uniform to the Yale player on your broadside. Love these items!

Scott

Thanks Scot, glad you appreciate it...Nice early program...good luck on those Harvard basketball pieces...Yeah...One time I was in a mall in Sacramento and got this girls basketball broadside for a game at the YWCA in Oakland Ca...unusual in that the illustration appears to be original pen and ink and hand colored art...It about the same size as the Yale Swarthmore....about 22" tall...and it's got the all important year of 1929!

[BradH]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

Thanks Brad...yeah research is part of the fun...so you collect early Purdue items?

Yes, Carlton...And I believe you have a couple Purdue pieces in your collection that would fit nicely in mine (if you ever want to sell...hint, hint).

I don’t want to hijack your thread, but here is one of my favorite Purdue pieces. I grew up in central Indiana and most of my family attended Purdue and/or lives nearby. I transferred to Purdue for my junior year of college (1991) and a friend of mine had a relative who lived nearby who had been a student at Purdue in the late 30s/early 40s. He knew I collected, in his words, “old sports stuff.” One day he brought me something and said I could add it to my collection if I wanted it.

It’s a tri-fold program/scorecard from the opening game played at Purdue's "new" baseball field in 1939 – an exhibition against the Pittsburgh Pirates - Saturday, April 15 (the Pirates opened the season two days later at Cincinnati). It measures 5-1/2 inches by 8 inches. Hall of Famers on the club included both Waner brothers, Arky Vaughan and Heinie Manush. Honus Wagner was a coach and Pie Traynor was the manager.

The back page has the baseball season schedule and the upcoming fall football schedule. The football squad played eight games that season and SIX were on the road!

Anyway...back to your thread. Thanks!

[ooo-ribay]

Very cool, Carlton!

Am I the only drunk who thought "BYOB" when i saw this?

[Jewish-collector]

Carlton,
I'm glad you are finally collecting basketball memorabila !!!
See you at the National !!!

[CarltonHendricks]

BradH, Great program....look at those big names on the Pittsburgh roster....I like pro against college team exhibition games...nice program...Yeah I probably woudn't want to move that Purdue v Northwestern poster...It's by a big name illustrator named Leyendecker...story here

Rob/ooo-ribay...Thanks boss..glad you like the antique stuff...I know you have a heck of a Giants addiction...I mean collection...

Alan/Jewish Collector...Yeah sure I do basketball...Thanks but not going to the National...still tired from last years LOL...
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Please note...I got photos of both the Yale and Swarthmore teams for 1915...see upper part of my home page...and there's still a story to go with the poster I want to write...have do drill down for more info first...If you can believe it....may involve a title search of a home in Stratford CT. before I can get the information I need!!!!

[BradH]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

Yeah I probably woudn't want to move that Purdue v Northwestern poster...It's by a big name illustrator named Leyendecker...story here

Yes....I have read that post before, and this is one of the pieces I was referring to...