1894 - Very Early Vintage Basket Ball Find

[bgar3]

That is a great historical find. Wonderful.

[scmavl]

Exactly what I though. Many of the things we collect depict or remind us of history, but that IS history. Tremendous.

[baseball tourist]

Very cool item!

[CarltonHendricks]

Congratulations on a really great piece!!!

[68Hawk]

Just brilliant!

For perspective, if you have already researched - how many such 19th Century rule books have turned up?

Early Baseball rule books show up reasonably often but my impression is that far fewer from the beginning of the game of Basketball have been found...?

[ramram]

Originally Posted by 68Hawk

Just brilliant!

For perspective, if you have already researched - how many such 19th Century rule books have turned up?

Early Baseball rule books show up reasonably often but my impression is that far fewer from the beginning of the game of Basketball have been found...?

I have only seen three of these show up over the years. Even rarer is the YMCA Triangle magazine of 1892 that contains the rules. I think there are only two in private hands.

Rob M

[baseball tourist]

Not to highjack, but instead to push this thread forward, here is my early YMCA basketball jersey.