April 2022 Pickups

[ksfarmboy]

I’ve been collecting Kansas baseball memorabilia for over 30 years and this is my second verified image from the 1870’s. Was searching Facebook on a Kansas history site and stumbled across this image of a gentleman’s great grandfather. The team is from the Manhattan, Ks area and called the Riversides. A fellow
historian helped him track down a box score of the game they played versus Topeka, which is where this photo was taken. Pretty happy to say the least and am very grateful he was willing to part with it. Crazy to think what was going on in Kansas in the 1870’s with the Wild West and baseball was a part of it. I should add the gentleman’s great grandfather is Griffing and his friend was named Pound but misspelled Ponnd.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

I’ve been collecting Kansas baseball memorabilia for over 30 years and this is my second verified image from the 1870’s. Was searching Facebook on a Kansas history site and stumbled across this image of a gentleman’s great grandfather. The team is from the Manhattan, Ks area and called the Riversides. A fellow
historian helped him track down a box score of the game they played versus Topeka, which is where this photo was taken. Pretty happy to say the least and am very grateful he was willing to part with it. Crazy to think what was going on in Kansas in the 1870’s with the Wild West and baseball was a part of it. I should add the gentleman’s great grandfather is Griffing and his friend was named Pound but misspelled Ponnd.

Very cool, Clint!

[Chris-Counts]

Thanks to a board member, Brian, I picked up this wonderful snapshot of Satchel Paige, which was taken at Perris Hill Park in San Bernardino in the spring of 1952. After studying the background, I realized I had seen the field's distinctive fence and pine trees before on several Bowman cards ...

[GoCubsGo32]

Originally Posted by Chris Counts

Thanks to a board member, Brian, I picked up this wonderful snapshot of Satchel Paige, which was taken at Perris Hill Park in San Bernardino in the spring of 1952. After studying the background, I realized I had seen the field's distinctive fence and pine trees before on several Bowman cards ...

Solid pick up Chris! Love that snapper! Great research too! Cheers man!

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by Chris Counts

Thanks to a board member, Brian, I picked up this wonderful snapshot of Satchel Paige, which was taken at Perris Hill Park in San Bernardino in the spring of 1952. After studying the background, I realized I had seen the field's distinctive fence and pine trees before on several Bowman cards ...

A real beauty right there!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Chris Counts

Thanks to a board member, Brian, I picked up this wonderful snapshot of Satchel Paige, which was taken at Perris Hill Park in San Bernardino in the spring of 1952. After studying the background, I realized I had seen the field's distinctive fence and pine trees before on several Bowman cards ...

Congrats Chris! Love the snapper of Satch!

[jpop43]

While I rarely deviate from my pursuit of 19th C. equipment and imagery, sometimes an item comes along that’s too nice to pass up. For me, those such pieces have to be associated with the NY teams and players of the 1950s and, in this instance, it was a Willie Mays glove.

Just this past week I added this superb MacGregor, G105, Mays personal model glove. It’s big, soft, supple, high quality, and stamped deeply with a pristine mfg patch to boot.

Jonathan
www.dugouttreasures.com

[bgar3]

Beautiful glove Jon. I still have my Macgregor Mays “WM” personal model I bought in 1958. Yours has the next generation web I think.

[jpop43]

Thanks, Bruce…and, I’d love to see the WM model sometime, too. From what I can gather, the patch on mine dates it to the 1956-1958 timeframe. That said, I do have to admit that I don’t have as much experience with MacGregors as I do with Rawlings products, so a bit more fact finding to do before I can say 56’, 57’, or 58’ or some other year all together.

I must say that I would like to see a thread reflecting examples of high grade/personal model gloves from the stars of the 1950s. Maybe that’s the next rainy day project for me

JP