SOLD: 1907 Idaho State League Scorecard - Walter Johnson related

[rholmes]

FS: Rare 1907 baseball scorecard for the Idaho State League, Boise vs Emmett. As many will know, Walter Johnson famously played for Weiser in the Idaho State League in 1907, on his rise to national prominence. This scorecard is the only piece of game ephemera I've ever seen from the Idaho State League, not to mention that it's actually from 1907. Great item if you're an Idaho baseball collector, or if you are lucky enough to own Johnson's Weiser postcard and are looking for a companion piece.

The scorecard came out of a scrapbook and is accompanied by a late-1950's newspaper clipping profiling a pitcher/infielder who faced Walter Johnson while playing for Boise in 1907! The scorecard belonged to him (Mitchell) and those are his math scribblings on the back of the scorecard, as well as a pencilled list of the teams in the eight-team Idaho State League, with what look to be scores.

The scorecard is a two page fold-over on medium heavy board and is in good condition. The front cover is creased in the upper right corner, and the spine fold is split about 2-1/4" at the bottom. Light glue staining on back cover. Scorecard size is 6" x 9" closed.

Price: $SOLD shipped.

Thanks,
Ray

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[Hankphenom]

Wonderful WaJo related artifact, Ray! I'm guessing Boise was the only team in the league, also called the "Snake River Valley League," to be big enough to warrant having scorecards for their games. I don't think I've ever seen another. In my research on Walter's time at Weiser, linked below, I don't have any 2-0 or 2-2 games against Boise, but the scorecard owner might have remembered them differently than the actual scores.

http://cwcfamily.org/wj/ww0.htm

[rholmes]

Nice to have you chime in, Hank! The player who owned the scrapbook pencilled quite a few items across his career with dates, scores etc, many wrong/misremembered. This seem to happen a lot, so for the sake of history it's nice that this scorecard has a printed year.

[rholmes]

Taking offers before it hits eBay.

[prewarsports]

E mail sent, let me know if you got it.

Rhys

[rholmes]

Didn’t get your email Rhys, sent you a PM.