Post any & all things "Barnstorming"

[thekingofclout]

I really love this niche and will kick it off with, what else but Bustin' Babe & Larripun' Lou...

Vintage original TYPE I photograph acquired from the Christy Walsh Family and featuring Babe & Lou with Legendary USC Football Coach Howard Jones
c. 1927.
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and this incredibly scarce Walsh letter written to his Mother in 1928, getting her caught up on his very busy career of managing the business of the two greatest players in the world.
walshletter.jpg

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by thekingofclout

I really love this niche and will kick it off with, what else but Bustin' Babe & Larripun' Lou...

Vintage original TYPE I photograph acquired from the Christy Walsh Family and featuring Babe & Lou with Legendary USC Football Coach Howard Jones
c. 1927.
Attachment 13066

and this incredibly scarce Walsh letter written to his Mother in 1928, getting her caught up on his very busy career of managing the business of the two greatest players in the world.
Attachment 13065

Jimmy that letter RULES! VERY NICE

[patricka]

Here are a couple of scorecards

This is one of Ruth's earliest barnstorming game. 1918 Ruth and a few other Red Sox players participated in this game which occured just a week after the 1918 world series. Ruth pitched in this exhibition game and is in the lineup batting fourth. I also have the newspaper clipping that was saved with the program that says before the game for the benefit of the Hartford troops in WWI two items were auctioned off - 1) Ball hit by Ruth for a triple in the world series and 2) Ty Cobb game used bat that a Hartford man acquired from Cobb. Where are those items now!



1927 Ruth/Gehrig Barnstorming Program. Has a few tiny snapshots pasted inside the program. One shows Ruth playing first base

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

Jimmy that letter RULES! VERY NICE

[QUOTE=patricka;777968]Here are a couple of scorecards

This is one of Ruth's earliest barnstorming game. 1918 Ruth and a few other Red Sox players participated in this game which occured just a week after the 1918 world series. Ruth pitched in this exhibition game and is in the lineup batting fourth. I also have the newspaper clipping that was saved with the program that says before the game for the benefit of the Hartford troops in WWI two items were auctioned off - 1) Ball hit by Ruth for a triple in the world series and 2) Ty Cobb game used bat that a Hartford man acquired from Cobb. Where are those items now!

Terrific Post Patricka.

Thanks Ben. You know I've bought so much from the Walsh Family, but this letter was from an auction house. Go figure.

[Leon]

Shown before but fitting for this thread....

[thekingofclout]

featuring the "Old Man" himself, Mgr. Connie Mack along with a few of his All-Stars, Lefty Gomez, Lou Gehrig, and Charlie Gehringer. TYPE I.

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[Ladder7]

That Lefty was a happy fella.