Walter Johnson photo ID

[theshleps]

Can anyone identify the year of this magazine photo (the year it appeared in the magazine)?
https://auction.steinersports.com/Wa...LOT101782.aspx

[Tom Locke]

I honed in on the socks that Walter is wearing in the picture. On eBay there is a picture of Walter with the same socks labelled as 1924. I subsequently went to this site:

http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/al/...atsimages.html

which shows a picture of Walter with the same socks and with the label - Walter Johnson
1924 League Award
23-7 2.72 ERA

Definitely not conclusive but perhaps a start. Regards, Tom

[theshleps]

thanks! good detective work

[Hankphenom]

That's not, however, the 1924 uniform, so more work is needed. That uniform was worn by him in 1917-23 and 1925. Now match the socks and you're home! I'll guess 1925. Is that a premium?

[h2oya311]

Looks like a trimmed M114 Baseballl Magazine Premium.

[theshleps]

It is a baseball magazine. I am wondering what issue it is or at least what year the issue came out

[Leon]

Originally Posted by theshleps

It is a baseball magazine. I am wondering what issue it is or at least what year the issue came out

See the response before yours. They came out in multiple years and for quite a long time. From Wiki-

Baseball Magazine is a now-defunct baseball magazine, the first monthly baseball magazine published in the United States.[1] The magazine was founded by Boston sportswriter Jake Morse prior to the 1908 season.[2][3] It continued publishing through 1957. The magazine was based in Boston.[2]

Morse stated that his mission in starting Baseball Magazine was to "fill the need of a monthly organ filled with the highest thought surrounding the game, well edited, well printed, and filled with first class illustrations." [4] The magazine also strove to provide human interest stories about baseball stars, such as Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson.[4] F.C. Lane became the magazine's editor in 1911 and remained in that post until 1937.[4][5] One of Lane's first issues was devoted to Cobb, including stories about him and a Q&A session with him.[4] Morse had previously devoted issues to Cy Young in 1908, shortly after baseball commemorated Cy Young Day, and to Addie Joss in 1911, shortly after Joss' death.[4] Despite the magazine's reverence for Young and Mathewson, in 1909 Morse wrote an article in Baseball Magazine proclaiming former Providence Grays pitcher Charles Radbourn to be "the greatest pitcher who ever lived."[3] Another famous article from the magazine's early days described how difficult it was to be a catcher in baseball's early days.[3]

During the 1920s the magazine complained about players being paid to act as baseball writers.[4]