September Pick Up Thread

[LuckyLarry]

Purchased these today at our local monthly show for $100 or $12.50 each. My first Cracker Jack cards, two from 1914 and six from 1915 including HOF Edd Rousch (Roush)

[RedsFan1941]

nice job Larry. Good score.

[h2oya311]

Great score! What a deal!

[charlietheexterminator]

Thanks Luke

[MVSNYC]

Chuck- great Uzit!

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Chuck- great Uzit!

+1. It’s an Uzit fest lately. Chuck, Hope all is well

[iowadoc77]

Chuck- that’s a great card. Really like that Merkle pose. And that back is really cool

[KMayUSA6060]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

+1. It’s an Uzit fest lately. Chuck, Hope all is well

Uzit or lose it...

[JohnP0621]

Glad to add these gems to my collection
Beckley and Wiltse Tolstoi and Devlin Brown Hindu

[JohnP0621]

Backs

[mybuddyinc]

.............. and keeping with the T206 back theme (some great cards !!!!) ....

Hindu SL Fritz (no. 22), and a nice bright "wide" border AB Ganzel.

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Fun, fun, Scott

[wolfdogg]

Picked this up in a collection Saturday. 1927 Toledo Mud Hens team photo. Photo credited to Baker Art Gallery.
Any info on this item will be greatly appreciated. It’s appear to be on heavy paper (haven’t removed it from frame which seems to be the original frame). We googled it and found the 1929 photo that was sold in 2011 REA Auction but that’s it

[C-mack]

Exciting Mail day from PSA today! found this at a small Hotel show and took a chance on it .

highest graded by PSA ( not sure about SGC)

[BLongley]

Glad to have finally picked this one up.

[iowadoc77]

Great pickup Brian. If I hadn’t gotten one at the National I would have been chasing that one!

[Luke]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

+1. It’s an Uzit fest lately. Chuck, Hope all is well

Well now you know why I had to sell my Merkle. Glad it went to a good home.

[BLongley]

Originally Posted by iowadoc77

Great pickup Brian. If I hadn’t gotten one at the National I would have been chasing that one!

Thanks Eric and congrats on grabbing one at the National. It's such a great image of two of the best! One of my favorites in my collection now.

[iowadoc77]

Originally Posted by BLongley

Thanks Eric and congrats on grabbing one at the National. It's such a great image of two of the best! One of my favorites in my collection now.

Iconic image for sure

[Joe_G.]

Posting the back story despite knowing few if any care . . . my quest for the entire 1887 Detroit Wolverine team . . .

22 different players would collect stats with the 1887 Detroit Wolverines. Amazingly, 20 of those 22 players would be issued Old Judge cards. The two players who wouldn’t be memorialized by Goodwin are Fatty Briody (catcher) and Bill Burke (pitcher). Fatty can be found on several Detroit team pictures and is found on the Detroit baseball currency. Bill Burke however is the single most difficult player to find a card or image of. SF Hess came to the rescue when in 1888 they covered the California League with their N321 cards which include Bill “Turk” Burke but these cards are tough in comparison.

Bill Burke, Ed Beatin, and others would be recruited by Detroit during the summer of 1887 due to concerns with their pitching talent. Bill Burke was a giant at 6’-3”, 210lbs; a bit larger than even Big Dan Brouthers and Big Sam Thompson. One excerpt from the Detroit Free Press refers to Bill as “The gigantic twirler who came all the way from the Pacific slope”. Following is a summary of Burke’s only two games in the majors.

1st Game (July 20th, 1887 Detroit 6 at Washington 9)
Headline: “ROUGH ON BURKE – He Pitches a Good Game, but is Downed by Wretched Fielding”
Bill would be on the losing end of a ten inning contest 9 to 6 but only gave up 2 earned runs. An astounding ten errors by Brouthers, Ganzel, Rowe, and White led to seven unearned runs and the loss.

2nd Game (August 9th, 1887 Washington 10 at Detroit 13)
Bill would be hit more freely this game including four straight singles to lead off the fifth but this time superb fielding limited the damage. After five innings the game was tied 5 to 5 and manager Watkins asked Burke to swap with Larry Twitchell (Left Fielder) as he feared Burke would continue to be hit freely. Burke’s actions may have sealed his fate with Detroit; here is how the Detroit Free Press captured the exchange:

“Burke did not consider that it was the proper caper to take him out of the box, and so when in the last half of the sixth he received his instructions, he coolly put on his coat, sat down on the players’ bench and said he wouldn’t. This was a decided novelty and aroused the interest as well as the amusement of the spectators. Burke remained obdurate for a couple of minutes, but finally became rational and trotted out in the field. Burke has a good many things to learn, and one of them is that such a childish exhibition as he made of himself yesterday will not earn him the esteem of ball patrons here. The veteran pitchers of the league make a point of obeying orders such as that given him yesterday. Burke needs to indulge in a little quiet thought.”

And so the game resumed and when Twitchell was hit hard in seventh a few spectators indulged in calls for Burke. The ninth inning saw Detroit trailing 10 to 5 when they would score an amazing 8 runs with the biggest hit being a Bill Burke single with two outs to score the tying run. Despite giving up 5 runs over final 4 innings, Twitchell gets the win.

Despite his hitting heroics Burke would not be retained by Detroit. He would return to California and play for Stockton together with a few other minor league circuits but never return to the majors.

I present to you, Bill “Turk” Burke, the last player I needed from the 1887 Detroit World Champion squad.

[Thromdog]

Fun card from a set I don’t collect.....seems to be tough????

[brass_rat]

Originally Posted by Joe_G.

Posting the back story...

I enjoyed the story, Joe -- thanks for taking the time to post and congrats on the pickup!

Steve

[orly57]

Way to go Brian!!! CMack, that’s a great card.

[Kawika]

Great story with a Glory Hallelujah ending, Joe. Doesn't deserve to be buried in the monthly pick-ups - should have its own thread. What a beautiful card!

[C-mack]

Originally Posted by orly57

Way to go Brian!!! CMack, that’s a great card.

Thank you!

[kkkkandp]

Originally Posted by Joe_G.

I present to you, Bill “Turk” Burke, the last player I needed from the 1887 Detroit World Champion squad.

Has to be a good feeling, Joe!

Your posts are always informative and interesting!

Congrats!

[Leon]

Congrats and I agree, this should be it's own thread.

Originally Posted by Joe_G.

Posting the back story despite knowing few if any care . . . my quest for the entire 1887 Detroit Wolverine team . . .

22 different players would collect stats with the 1887 Detroit Wolverines. Amazingly, 20 of those 22 players would be issued Old Judge cards. The two players who wouldn’t be memorialized by Goodwin are Fatty Briody (catcher) and Bill Burke (pitcher). Fatty can be found on several Detroit team pictures and is found on the Detroit baseball currency. Bill Burke however is the single most difficult player to find a card or image of. SF Hess came to the rescue when in 1888 they covered the California League with their N321 cards which include Bill “Turk” Burke but these cards are tough in comparison.

Bill Burke, Ed Beatin, and others would be recruited by Detroit during the summer of 1887 due to concerns with their pitching talent. Bill Burke was a giant at 6’-3”, 210lbs; a bit larger than even Big Dan Brouthers and Big Sam Thompson. One excerpt from the Detroit Free Press refers to Bill as “The gigantic twirler who came all the way from the Pacific slope”. Following is a summary of Burke’s only two games in the majors.

1st Game (July 20th, 1887 Detroit 6 at Washington 9)
Headline: “ROUGH ON BURKE – He Pitches a Good Game, but is Downed by Wretched Fielding”
Bill would be on the losing end of a ten inning contest 9 to 6 but only gave up 2 earned runs. An astounding ten errors by Brouthers, Ganzel, Rowe, and White led to seven unearned runs and the loss.

2nd Game (August 9th, 1887 Washington 10 at Detroit 13)
Bill would be hit more freely this game including four straight singles to lead off the fifth but this time superb fielding limited the damage. After five innings the game was tied 5 to 5 and manager Watkins asked Burke to swap with Larry Twitchell (Left Fielder) as he feared Burke would continue to be hit freely. Burke’s actions may have sealed his fate with Detroit; here is how the Detroit Free Press captured the exchange:

“Burke did not consider that it was the proper caper to take him out of the box, and so when in the last half of the sixth he received his instructions, he coolly put on his coat, sat down on the players’ bench and said he wouldn’t. This was a decided novelty and aroused the interest as well as the amusement of the spectators. Burke remained obdurate for a couple of minutes, but finally became rational and trotted out in the field. Burke has a good many things to learn, and one of them is that such a childish exhibition as he made of himself yesterday will not earn him the esteem of ball patrons here. The veteran pitchers of the league make a point of obeying orders such as that given him yesterday. Burke needs to indulge in a little quiet thought.”

And so the game resumed and when Twitchell was hit hard in seventh a few spectators indulged in calls for Burke. The ninth inning saw Detroit trailing 10 to 5 when they would score an amazing 8 runs with the biggest hit being a Bill Burke single with two outs to score the tying run. Despite giving up 5 runs over final 4 innings, Twitchell gets the win.

Despite his hitting heroics Burke would not be retained by Detroit. He would return to California and play for Stockton together with a few other minor league circuits but never return to the majors.

I present to you, Bill “Turk” Burke, the last player I needed from the 1887 Detroit World Champion squad.

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by Joe_G.

Posting the back story despite knowing few if any care . . .

I present to you, Bill “Turk” Burke, the last player I needed from the 1887 Detroit World Champion squad.

Congrats Joe on your amazing accomplishment! And thanks for the interesting story on an obscure 19th century ball player. Mr. Burke’s memory will now live on (albeit in infamy).

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Joe that is a wonderful post! Any time a Hess card is posted it also a treat.

[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by Joe_G.

. . . my quest for the entire 1887 Detroit Wolverine team . . .

Joe, great card, even better back story. Congrats on completing your quest!

[calvindog]

From a board member with thanks. 1/1.

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by orly57

Way to go Brian!!! CMack, that’s a great card.

+1

1927 Gehrig (the “fake” one!!).

[Bicem]

Beautiful Hoss Jeff.

[Bliggity]

Thrilled to pick up this card...my first D303 Mother's Bread. It's a beauty, and might already be my favorite card in my collection, at least until the wind blows in a different direction tomorrow. Fills a big hole in my E92-family type collection. Incidentally, the seller on eBay had a feedback score of (1), so I wasn't entire sure I was ever going to see the card, but the transaction was flawless.

[Rhotchkiss]

Awesome Dan. Looks under-graded, but rare enough that who really cares about the grade. Great pick up, congrats.

[x2drich2000]

Great card Dan, a little paperloss on back, but otherwise very nice looking.

DJ

[Bliggity]

Thanks guys. The grade is accurate because of paper loss on back, but the front is beautiful - nearly perfect except for the corners. There are five total in the combined pop reports, but this one used to be in an SGC slab, so maybe four total. I think that makes it my second-rarest card, just behind a VE Schaeffer that I believe is 1/1.

Next I need a Red Croft's example, if DJ will let me win one!

[BLongley]

Lots of great pickups by everyone early in Sept! Not quite like August, but solid!

Ryan, I was watching that 27 Gehrig, if you grabbed it off eBay, it looks really nice! Congrats

I fortunately won this in auction the other day... had grabbed a few other 1915 CJs recently and LaJoie was next on the want list.

[brass_rat]

Jeff, very nice Radbourn...congrats on a big one.

Dan, I love the Mothers' Bread set. Congrats on a great pickup -- this set has a tendency to have odd flaking paper loss on the back, as the Plank shows...but it thankfully doesn't really detract from the card that looks great!

Steve

[charlietheexterminator]

Ryan, love that Gehrig buddy.

Dan, that Plank was a score, awesome card.

[gregr2]

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[paul]

I can't believe that Hoss Radbourn. What a card! It used to be Lew Lipset's, if I remember correctly. It was one of my favorite cards as a kid, and it still is.

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by paul

I can't believe that Hoss Radbourn. What a card! It used to be Lew Lipset's, if I remember correctly. It was one of my favorite cards as a kid, and it still is.

You are correct. Front and back cover of the Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards (by Lipset).

[RCMcKenzie]

Nice one, Dan!
Here are a few from Lelands. I always wanted this McQ. It's hell to be old, but at least I can buy stuff I wanted as a kid...

[Cat]

Had it since the Spring, but just got it slabbed.

[tjb1952tjb]

Originally Posted by Cat

Had it since the Spring, but just got it slabbed.

VERY nice..............

[Bicem]

Beautiful cabinet!

[rats60]

My first Delong.

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by Cat

Had it since the Spring, but just got it slabbed.

Absolutely beautiful Cabinet.

[sb1]

One from this month and one from a couple months back.

[GasHouseGang]

Those M110's are really works of art. Nice!