1904 John McGraw Book Christy Mathewson!!!

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

NEAT 1904 John McGraw The Science of Baseball Book

I Googled this and found nothing, also searched Legendary and a few other auction houses and could not find an exact one, closest was this:

http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Lot...entoryid=25132

FYI, in 1905 this book was published as The Official Baseball Guide by John McGraw. (The text describing the catcher's position exactly matches the text in the pages that you've scanned and posted above.)

The 1905 book is available online at: https://archive.org/stream/officialb...ge/n5/mode/2up

Of course, that's not the same as having an original book in your hands!

[Shoeless Moe]

Comparing it just now, it's close, but not the same. Well maybe the text is, but pix are different, seasons are different, and there is about a 20 page section showing baseballs, gloves, equipment, uniforms etc for sale which is pretty cool that I'm not seeing in the 1905 version.

but thanks for posting that, very cool!

Now is that Matty's arm or someone else's for all the pix of holding the ball?