Show Your Programs, Schedules and Scorecards

[jacksons]

Happy New Year, everyone!

Saw Jimmy's recent post. I think I read recently where Marshall Fogel spoke about collecting "horizontally". Spreading your interests, so to speak. It's hard to focus on that very one thing, when there are so MANY great options to choose from - pennants, print material, photographs, pins, etc.

For me, it's the early Yankees and a fascination with the Deadball Era. These were tough to pass up.

Yankee Stadium Opening Day, 1923

Sporting Life Schedules from 1904 - 1913.

[FourStrikes]

WOW, Jacksons - that's some great stuff - the Opening Day program is fantastic, and those schedules don't suck either!

here's a November 18, 1876 Harvard-Yale football scorecard ( first game of rivalry was played in 1875 ).

DS

[FourStrikes]

May 26, 1883 Harvard-Yale baseball scorecard (Yale 5, Harvard 1 )

I also have a few 19th Century Major League Baseball scorecards I will try to upload later.....

DS

[smokelessjoe]

This is the front and back of an 1894 Yale vs Princeton program... Its missing its insides.

[JLange]

1940s-50s Cleveland Indians scorebooks endorsed by Jimmy Dudley (Cleveland's play-by-play announcer) and one endorsed by Bob Feller

[thekingofclout]

You know, come to think of it...
most items in my collection I found while searching in a much more broader fashion. I just don't really use specific terms when searching for stuff. I know it sounds pretty goofy and if you're married I certainly don't endorse it, but it has served me well over the years, although it can be VERY time consuming.

Same with catalogs. I will go through them over and over until something catches my eye.

I write this cause I think this is a great thread and when I started to think about what is tops of my want list for the coming year now that I got the '51 Bobby Thomson Ticket Stub... I really couldn't come up with anything specifically.

So...anyone else collect in this fashion or am I the lone nut-job here?
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Originally Posted by jacksons

Happy New Year, everyone!

Saw Jimmy's recent post. I think I read recently where Marshall Fogel spoke about collecting "horizontally". Spreading your interests, so to speak. It's hard to focus on that very one thing, when there are so MANY great options to choose from - pennants, print material, photographs, pins, etc.

For me, it's the early Yankees and a fascination with the Deadball Era. These were tough to pass up.

Yankee Stadium Opening Day, 1923

Sporting Life Schedules from 1904 - 1913.

First off Jacksons. The items you posted are flat out tremendous! Absolutely superlative.

Regarding collecting themes, I tried about nine or ten years ago to put together a set. Now, one of my strengths as a man is I know what my weaknesses are. So I set out to putting together a 1968 Topps Baseball Card Game in high grade. I think it's only 33 cards that are not that tough to find in high grade although they do have some centering issues.

Anyway, after acquiring about half the set, I was bored out of my mind. Let me say that I have tremendous respect for all of you set builders out there. I admire your patience and determination. But I'm just not cut out for it.

Once I realized I could buy vintage photos of Babe & Lou for a small fraction of the price that their cards were fetching, I sold all of my card collection, about a hundred PSA 9 HOF players from the late fifties, the sixties and early seventies, and then started to focus almost entirely on vintage photos.

About that time a mutual friend had introduced me to Marshall as he knew Marshall was very passionate about photos and it didn't take long until I was completely emersed into collecting vintage photographs. One of the best tips Marshall ever gave me was to always keep an open mind when collecting.

Marshall is a real gem and very unique in his approach to collecting. First off, he put together the finest card collection in the hobby, which since has been bettered, and all the while he was also collecting pins, photos, advertising pieces, the finest game used bat collection extant, signed balls, pennants, game used uniforms and gloves, and some of the most fantastic odds & ends you'll ever see. And all the while never compromising quality.

So under his guidance, I started putting my collection together, with a decent but limited budget. For me, I love the fact that there will never be an end to what I collect, but my main focus is adding companion pieces for my photographs. This by far gives me the greatest pleasure.

There is something to be said for collecting things that can't be found in a monthly or even yearly price guide.

What Marshall taught me was the most simple lesson in the hobby... "Collect what you like in the best condition possible." Still the best advise you can ever get.

So Happy Collecting to all of my fellow board members and stick to your guns, no matter what others may say. I hope everyone gets the pleasure I get from collecting and also, the thrill of the hunt.

Sincerely, Jimmy

[Bumpus Jones]

Enjoy...

[baseballart]

World Tour program 1913-14


Max

[David Atkatz]

October 10, 1904 Chesbro's "Wild Pitch" (only example known):





1927 Yankees:



Ruth's "Called Shot":

[jacksons]

David - I have the very same 1927 scorecard - it's from an April game against Boston - great stuff and thanks for sharing!

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by jacksons

David - I have the very same 1927 scorecard - it's from an April game against Boston - great stuff and thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the compliment. But the regular-season scorecard cover is generic--there's no way of telling the game, or even the team played from the cover alone.

[jacksons]

Jimmy - well said. Thanks for your insight and input, as always.

I have many more items to share - I unfortunately have most of them already framed and matted archivally, hanging on walls in a dark room of my home.
My plan is to try scanning many of them through the UV glass - hopefully I can pull that off - we'll see. The material shared here on this board is tremendous - I would love to contribute more.

Always appreciate the quality of your posts, as well as the quality of your collection.

[jacksons]

David - sorry - meant mine was from an April game against Boston. Noted in pencil on the inside...

"Thanks for the compliment. But the regular-season scorecard cover is generic--there's no way of telling the game, or even the team played from the cover alone. "

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by jacksons

David - sorry - meant mine was from an April game against Boston. Noted in pencil on the inside...

Oops! Sorry. I really should have realized that anyone with a collection such as yours knows very well that the covers are the same.

Please forgive my lecture.

[base_ball]

The 1924 home schedules for the Browns and the Cardinals line this chapeau from a St. Louis hatter.

[FourStrikes]

2" coin / medal made from some type of metal - issued by The Ideal Tire Co.

schedule does not feature a year, but appears to be from 1920 season ( according to schedule / scores listed at Baseball Almanac )

DS

[David Atkatz]

Thanks to a fellow board member, this 1903 Highlanders schedule:

[jacksons]

McGraw's refusal to participate in a "World's Series" in 1904 led the Giants scrambling to appease frustrated fans.

This "Old Timer's Day" game against the 1889 squad was their solution.

[David Atkatz]

Now that is one beautiful--and rare--piece!

[Kawika]

When I purchased the Falk photo the auction description said "circa 1905" and on the back in period ink was written "1905". Board members have written me asking when the picture was dated to and my answer was 1905. This fantastic poster nails it down better. Same with the McGraw roto. It's difficult to read but does it say "Photos by Falk" underneath McGraw?

[jacksons]

It does, David. Will post a better scan tonight.

Glad it helped your research!

[GKreindler]

LOVE that Highlanders schedule, David. Mighty rare indeed.

[David Atkatz]

Thanks, Graig. Obtained it from Pat Nester about a year ago.

[3and2]

'69 Miracle Mets

[ValKehl]

fielded teams in 2 of the 3 major leagues, the American Assn. and the Union Assn. As the summer progressed, the AA team did much worse than the UA team and lost much of its fan support. The AA team's manager was fired after the August 1st home game against the NY Metropolitans (with HOFer Tim Keefe). Following a 6 - 5 loss to the NYMs on August 2nd, the Wash. AA team was disbanded (their final record for 1884 being 12 wins and 51 losses). Below are (1) a scored score card for the final 8/2/1884 game (Keefe played center field), upon which the fan wrote in the margin "Washington Club disbanded after this game," and (2) A Wash. AA 1884 schedule upon which presumably the same fan wrote "disbanded this date" right next to the August 2nd date. Sorry my pics don't do these pieces justice - I don't have a scanner and I am lousy with a camera!

[Jay Wolt]

Giants hosting the Cardinals winning 5-4

[slidekellyslide]

Great program there Jay. Here's an unopened piece of Adam's Pepsin Gum that I found in my great grandmother's belongings.

[patricka]

Here are some of my favorites from my collection
1871 Chicago White Stockings (Cubs)
1908 Cubs
1922 Chicago Bears vs. Jim Thorpe and his Oorang Indians

[jcmtiger]

Here are a couple of Detroit Programs. 1911, 1913, 1914, 1916.

Joe

[perezfan]

Here's a blank scorecard that resides on the back of a 1910s Hand Fan. I have listed it on the B/S/T for anyone that might be interested...

[stone193]

1924 WS Score Card



1955 WS Progam - Brooklyn Dodgers

An all-time favorite - being a bums fan - the first and only year they won the series in NYC - I still can't believe they left!



1929 WS Progam

[Jim VB]

A few Yankee programs and one from the Negro Leagues.

[ibuysportsephemera]

Some Items from My Collection:

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Some Items from My Collection:

[ibuysportsephemera]

Some Items from My Collection:

[ibuysportsephemera]

Some Items from My Collection:

[ibuysportsephemera]

Some Items from My Collection:

[batsballsbases]

A nice pocket mirror Schedule for the 1910 Athletics+Phillies

[jerrys]

nybbc.jpg

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by ibuysportsephemera

Some Items from My Collection:

Very cool program. I have a large vintage poster of the cover image. I'll try and post a photo

Max

[jacksons]

Great programs, Jerrys.

That'll certainly close the book on David's question on when those Falk photos were taken.

[jacksons]

Sorry - one more comment on Jerrys programs (and my 1904 Old Timers program).

I'm always amazed when I see Mathewson's last name spelled incorrectly.

In fact, on the 1904 program, his name is spelled as Christie Matthewson. Doubly wrong.

This is also the case in my Sporting Life schedules.

I can understand a misrepresentation of "Tesreau", for example, but Christy's name was everywhere - how could it go to print like that and not be edited beforehand?

Maybe someone out there has the answer?

[ibuysportsephemera]

Max, Please post, I would love to see it.

Jeff

[GKreindler]

Jeff, that Harvard/Yale program is absolutely gorgeous. You can't beat Leyendecker - no two ways about it. Now THAT'S an artist!

Thanks for posting it...

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by ibuysportsephemera

Max, Please post, I would love to see it.

Jeff

Hmm. I posted it here before, but I see that I used the ebay auction listing, which has now been removed. I'll have to take another photo of it. It's quite large--I would think about 24 x 30 or bigger.

On the ebay listing, the artist was described as "Heyendecker", so perhaps the poster did not find its true ending price (at least by my snipe)

Max

[ibuysportsephemera]

Thanks Graig...I have seen your work, which is pretty impressive as well.

Jeff

[ibuysportsephemera]

No worries Max..if it is too much of a pain don't bother.

Jeff

[Theoldprofessor]

I kept score (hey, I was 15; Grantland Rice was busy): The Giants scored two, on solo homers by HOFers Schoendienst and Mays, while the Bucs three came on a 3 run homer by another HOFer ...
And I got an autograph:

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by ibuysportsephemera

No worries Max..if it is too much of a pain don't bother.

Jeff

No pain, but here's Leyendecker

[ibuysportsephemera]

Thanks Max..it is awesome.