If You Collect Scorecards or Programs, Show 'em Here!

[bigfanNY]

This is a Program From January 1902 and Stanley Cup challange which was 3 Games. Manitoba won 2 to 0 over The Iron Dukes of Toronto. Previous to this program popping up the Earliest known Stanley Cup " Finals" program was from 1920. The 1920 program is currently listed on ebay. I contacted the Hockey Hall of fame and the earliest Finals program in their archives is 1922.
In 1894 Lord Stanley donated a Silver Cup to be given to the winners of a hockey Tournament in Montreal. From then until 1913 other Hockey teams could Challange the current Holders to a best of 3 series for the right to hold the cup. Attendance at many of these challange matches was in the Hundreds and some were held outdoors so it is likely not every challange had a program. This program was a giveaway from a Hardware store in Manitoba. I am looking for any other early Stanley Cup Challage programs. And I have a feeling someone on this board has at least one.

[jethrod3]

So many great posts recently! Love the old football and hockey too! I wish there was a "like" button I could push (maybe there is one that I haven't found on the site yet). I'd be hitting that "like" button frequently in this thread.

Thanks to all that have shared their unique finds!

[ledsters]

I was able to add another PCL San Diego Padres Scorecard to my collection. I really like the purple tint on this and that it is from Baseball’s Centennial.

1939 San Diego Padres Scorecard

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[WillowGrove]

Finally taking the time to jump into this great thread. I love scorecards and the research it sometimes takes to figure if anything of significance happened at the game.

Here's one I have scans of - it's from an American Association (Major league) game that took place June, 18, 1884 in Washington Park just a few blocks from where I used to live in Brooklyn. It captures a game against Toledo which included Moses Fleetwood Walker, (lesser) known to be the first Black player to play in the majors. I cannot find any other item, image, anything - that captures Fleetwood on the Toledo team as a major leaguer; the known items are from his college or local team days. Not in great shape but it exists!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by WillowGrove

Finally taking the time to jump into this great thread. I love scorecards and the research it sometimes takes to figure if anything of significance happened at the game.

Here's one I have scans of - it's from an American Association (Major league) game that took place June, 18, 1884 in Washington Park just a few blocks from where I used to live in Brooklyn. It captures a game against Toledo which included Moses Fleetwood Walker, (lesser) known to be the first Black player to play in the majors. I cannot find any other item, image, anything - that captures Fleetwood on the Toledo team as a major leaguer; the known items are from his college or local team days. Not in great shape but it exists!

Peter,
Happy New Year!
Congrats & that is a great scorecard.
Moses Fleetwood Walker is obviously huge for baseball and Toledo history.
I live 20 minutes away from Toledo...
Very cool piece of history!

[jethrod3]

Originally Posted by WillowGrove

Here's one I have scans of - it's from an American Association (Major league) game that took place June, 18, 1884 in Washington Park just a few blocks from where I used to live in Brooklyn. It captures a game against Toledo which included Moses Fleetwood Walker, (lesser) known to be the first Black player to play in the majors.

What an amazing scorecard, Peter! Thanks for sharing! I was born in Brooklyn and need to figure out where I lived relative to that ball park. Curious now!

[mikecala98]

Is 5th and 3rd the JJ Byrne Playground now?

[WhatsNext]

Correct, Washington Park actually still technically exists as a strip of turf next to the Old Stone House and JJ Byrne. Little league baseball and soccer are still played in it.

[jerseygary]

I'm in the process of selling off some of my scorecard collection to clear space, and I thought I would share some of the more interesting ones.

This first one is a 1944 Puebla vs. Mexico City. In the mid-1940's the Mexican League was trying to become a third major league, and recruited countless Negro League stars such as Roy Campanella, Leon Day, Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige in addition to the best Cuban and Puerto Rican players. Backed by the millionaire importer/exporter Pasquel brothers, the Mexican League went over the top in 1946 when they lured away several Major League players like Max Lanier, Mickey Owen, Sal Maglie and Vern Stephens.

The cover of this 1944 scorecard has a great drawing of Mexico City's ace pitcher Leroy Matlock. Matlock was one of the starters for the great 1933-1936 Pittsburgh Crawfords team as well as the Homestead Grays and St. Louis Stars. Though he's forgotten today, he was named as one of the Negro Leagues' all-time best pitchers in 1954 Pittsburgh Courier's newspaper poll. Matlock went to Mexico in 1940 and played there for the next two seasons before retiring.

Among the stars playing in this 1944 game were Negro Leaguer's Wild Bill Wright, Theolic "Fireball" Smith and Hall of Famer Willie Wells along with Latin standouts Millito Navarro and Bobby Avila in just his second summer of pro ball.

You might recall Theolic "Fireball" Smith as the hero of the fun 1996 Mark Winegardner book "Veracruz Blues," a fictional retelling of the 1946 Mexican League season.

The original owner pasted in a box score of the game, which was won by Puebla 7-2.

The scorecard is printed on a rough, heavy cardstock. Front has some writing in pencil and the back has a bit of damage from where it was pasted in an album. I've only seen a handful of 1940's Mexican League scorecards and this is the only 1944 one I've come across. Rare? That's an understatement.

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[doug.goodman]

These ebay finds arrived in the mail today :

Koufax career win #16 on July 1, 1958 in St Louis. This is my 114th 1958 Dodgers scored game program, and my 267th Koufax appearance scored program (118th win)

Maris HR #3 in 1961, against the Angels in Anaheim on May 6. My 32nd Maris 1961 HR game, and 36th 1961 HR

[jethrod3]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

These ebay finds arrived in the mail today :
Koufax career win #16 on July 1, 1958 in St Louis. This is my 114th 1958 Dodgers scored game program, and my 267th Koufax appearance scored program (118th win). Maris HR #3 in 1961, against the Angels in Anaheim on May 6. My 32nd Maris 1961 HR game, and 36th 1961 HR

Great scorecards Doug (even without the autographs)!!!

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by jethrod3

Great scorecards Doug (even without the autographs)!!!

Thanx, without the autographs would have saved me some money...

[doug.goodman]

In honor of Ohtani setting the all time record (10) for most consecutive games with an RBI for a Dodger player (in game #82 of his first season with them), here is game 8 in Roy Campanella's 9 game streak from 1955.

As a bonus, Tommy Lasorda pitched, making his 7th appearance of 8 in his career with the Dodgers.