September Pickups Thread

[herkyhawkeye]

Heres a few items that i have picked up in the last month and a half and a couple items I have had for awhile that id like some thoughts from some of my fellow collectors.

My dad got this click clacker from his grandfather and I was wondering if anyone knew any info on it. I checked the St. Louis Cardinals thread but was unable to locate it. Any thoughts?







Here is one item I got from my grandfather who picked it up at a garage sale. Its the Yomiuri Shimbun Award awarded to the members of the 83 World Series champion Baltimore Orioles. in 84, the world series champions of the ML went to Japan for a exhibition series with the Japanese champions. This is the participation/victory trophy given to the winners, te Baltimore Orioles. It just so happened that the Oriole pitcher, Mike Boedeker was originally from Norway, IA right outside Cedar Rapids. My grandp picked this up at his mothers yard sale. Not pre 1945 but kind of unique.







I had a pretty good haul yesterday



anyone know anything about this mini bat? It has a Big Boy decal on it. Anyone know what thats related to?




I am incredibly excited about this last buy. I picked up this trophy yesterday for a very good price.





I saw this and had to buy it. I love old college football memorabilia and this was unique. I was pretty skeptical of it being what I truly wanted it to be and the trophy has completely exceeded what i expected. It is silver plated, has nice qulaity engraving, and has a floral design around the rim of the base and top. The top rim bottom rim, and arms have a hammered effect like a golf ball When I saw University of Wisconsin Football Team, I figured it would end up being something involving intramurals. If not that, it probably had to deal with one of the satelite schools like UW-milwaukee,UW-platteville,inc. If it turned out to be actually Wisconsin Badger related, I figured it was some minor player who was awarded as the trophy is inscribed, "Most Useful Man" as a means of a great practice player.

The trophy was marked Guy M. Sundt and inscribed 1921. When I got home, the name popped up fairly easily on google.

Guy. M Sundt was a Fullback and Punter on the 1921 Wisconsin badgers. He was a 4th year letter winner that year. He was 1st team all big ten and an honorable mention all american.Was the 1921 captain. Finished 4th at the NCAA outdoor meet in the long jump earning all american honors. Went to Ripon College from 1922-24 and was the football,basketball, and track coach as well as the AD. Returned to Wisconsin in 1924. From 24-29 coached the freshmen basketball team. From 1925-26 coached the freshmen baseball team. Was an asst football coach from 1924-48 coaching the backfield including as a staff member on the great 42 team. He was the head cross country coach from 48-49 when his team won 2 bigten titles and a runner up finish at the national meet. From 49-50, he coached the track team that finished 7th at the national outdoor meet. Was a longtime asst. AD at UWMadison and was the Athletic Director from 1950 until his death in 1955. He was a innagural member of the UW athletics hall of fame He was the team MVP for the 1921 season and I believe I am in possesion of his MVP trophy. I am ecstatic about this find as big ten is my thing. I have no idea about value or information on something like this. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the poor paragraph that would make a english teacher cringe