September Pick Ups

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by novakjr

After watching it for a few days, and a little research, I decided to just jump on the low BIN.

The Sipsey Mine Team from the Alabama Industrial Leagues in the 30's.. Front row, 2nd from the left, is apparently Huey Green, father of World Golf Hall of Famer, and 1985 PGA Championship winner Hubert Green..

Lucked into part of an article from 2004 about the Industrial Leagues, that just happened to use the photo..
http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/sin.../id/1107/rec/7

Not sure if anyone else in the photo is notable though..

David -

Very interesting investigative work...I'd be surprised if there's a group of collectors looking for fathers of HOF golfers on vintage baseball memorabilia. If such a group exists, you've probably hit the jackpot!!!

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

David -

Very interesting investigative work...I'd be surprised if there's a group of collectors looking for fathers of HOF golfers on vintage baseball memorabilia. If such a group exists, you've probably hit the jackpot!!!

lol. It was only $11. Just a fun piece, maybe a bit of an impulse buy. And it appears to be an integrated team. Definitely no HOFers here, but I'm interested in trying to figure out who the 2 black guys are.. I guess there's 2 others that could be black as well, but it's hard to tell, because they did work in a coal mine. I'm leaning toward those 2 just being dirty white guys...

Also stumbled upon an article about a new Negro League Muesum that is being built in Birmingham. It will not only focus on the Negro Leagues themselves, but also the Industrial Leagues..
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/alabama...001955976.html

[Prof_Plum]

I acquired the book. While gently flipping through the pages, I ran across the ad in the back. Does anybody have the Anson pocket scoreboard ? I think it'd be a neat collectable.

[Mark]

I've had this for a while, but I find that as a Pirates fan and as a collector of old bats, I'm starting to really like this photo. The Bucs are in their 1925 unis, although the photo is stamped 1926. I'll guess that the hitter is Oil Smith, but I don't know for sure.

[kdixon]

Picked up this 1887 trade card, The Champion of the School.

[71buc]

My latest original photo pick ups:1930 Al Simmons image used for the 1934 Butterfinger Premium (Thanks Rhys good luck with the auction), 1933 Sam Rice scary looking fella, 1932 Chas Ruffing, 1932 McCarthy and Burke, 1929 Hornsby.