1910's Town Ball Equipment

[Runscott]

Okay, let's get this started

True vintage game-used equipment, with 1911 scorebook documenting games played against the Kansas City, KS Giants, Buxton Wonders, Japanese Base-Ball Association, College Bloomer Girls, etc.

[Leon]

Fantastic display Scott. Thanks for posting it and being a good sport about the new forum. I hope your doggies foot gets better too. I hate to say this but I like animals, especially dogs, more than some people.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Leon

Fantastic display Scott. Thanks for posting it and being a good sport about the new forum. I hope your doggies foot gets better too. I hate to say this but I like animals, especially dogs, more than some people.

I completely understand the sub-forums split - makes perfect sense. Since I only collect pre-war stuff (and I'm talking the 'Great War' to end all wars) but collect almost ALL pre-war stuff, I had to get edumucated on how game-used guys view appropriate date splits.

Unfortunately, the period I collect precludes actual MLB game-used, due to affordability.

Would love to see some pre-WWI MLB game-used.

My dog survived the lost toenail this week and goes in for cancer surgery next week. Another rough summer for her, but she's hanging in.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Okay, let's get this started

True vintage game-used equipment, with 1911 scorebook documenting games played against the Kansas City, KS Giants, Buxton Wonders, Japanese Base-Ball Association, College Bloomer Girls, etc.

Awesome, Scott! Way to kick off the new forum!

[yanks12025]

That's a cool display.

[Runscott]

Thanks, guys. I recently completed an article about the season in the scorebook, which should be published sometime this year. When it's done I'll post a link.

[joelsabi]

supercool display. let us know when the article comes out and share us a link

[Nashvol]

Very nice!

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Runscott

I completely understand the sub-forums split - makes perfect sense. Since I only collect pre-war stuff (and I'm talking the 'Great War' to end all wars) but collect almost ALL pre-war stuff, I had to get edumucated on how game-used guys view appropriate date splits.

Unfortunately, the period I collect precludes actual MLB game-used, due to affordability.

Would love to see some pre-WWI MLB game-used.

My dog survived the lost toenail this week and goes in for cancer surgery next week. Another rough summer for her, but she's hanging in.

This is not a beautiful bat, but it might be from the pre-war era that you desire: it has side-writing (very obscure) that indicates that the bat was used by Larry Doyle AND Davy Robertson. Since they played on the same team only before the Great War, it would seem that they used the bat during that era.

[Runscott]

Cool!

Here's an early Bain photo of Doyle from my collection.

[depas]

I have an old bat with a leather wound handle which I believe is in the 1875 Ward B Snyder catalog. Is this rare?

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by depas

I have an old bat with a leather wound handle which I believe is in the 1875 Ward B Snyder catalog. Is this rare?

Yes! Pleeeeease post a pic - would love to see it.

[bobbvc]

Don't know if MLB used but here's an obscure label. Side written "Cleveland", it's a Wagner Model.