March 2011 pick-up thread

WillowGrove · #1 03-20-2011, 03:03 PM

Picked up a few different of these in early March. (my deepest apologies if it was late Feb.

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Scott Garner · #2 03-20-2011, 10:04 PM

I picked up a couple of cool vintage snapshots of early no-hit pitchers tonight.

The first snapshot is of the Indians Ray "Slim" Caldwell that threw a no-hitter against the NY Yankees in 1919.

The second snapshot is of Thomas L. Hughes (Long Tom) of the circa 1906 NY Highlanders that threw 9 innings of perfection in the 1st game of a doubleheader in 1910 before finally giving up a single in the 10th inning. Hughes ended up allowing 6 more hits and ended up losing the game 5-0 to the Cleveland Naps. I actually own the only known ticket extant to this game in my collection. Long Tom ended up changing leagues and threw a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1916 while he was a member of the Boston Braves.

slidekellyslide · #3 03-21-2011, 01:04 PM

Found this at the antique store this morning...never seen one before, and I've seen A LOT of Husker collectibles in my time.

Also picked up this ad card at an auction yesterday...it shows a shot of the stadium at Capital Beach which is where Lincoln played their Sunday games because it was illegal to play in town on Sundays...as far as I know this is the only known view of the Capital Beach baseball stadium.

baseballart · #4 03-21-2011, 01:44 PM

"as far as I know this is the only known view of the Capital Beach baseball stadium."

Dan, as it states, it's also "Nebraska's Only Resort"

slidekellyslide · #5 03-21-2011, 01:57 PM

Capital Beach (now known as CapitOl Beach) was really something back in the day...there was an amusement park with a huge rollercoaster, an enormous wading pool and tons of other stuff to do there...it closed about 1960.

http://www.mytrixie.com/Blog/capitalbeach2.shtml

http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publi...pitolbeach.htm

bmarlowe1 · #6 03-22-2011, 05:29 PM

[quote=Scott Garner;879975]I picked up a couple of cool vintage snapshots of early no-hit pitchers tonight. The second snapshot is of Thomas L. Hughes (Long Tom) of the circa 1906 NY Highlanders that threw 9 innings of perfection in the 1st game of a doubleheader in 1910 before finally giving up a single in the 10th inning. Hughes ended up allowing 6 more hits and ended up losing the game 5-0 to the Cleveland Naps. I actually own the only known ticket extant to this game in my collection. Long Tom ended up changing leagues and threw a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1916 while he was a member of the Boston Braves.

Scott - "Long Tom" Hughes was a member of NY AL only in 1904. "Salida Tom" Hughes (Thomas L. Hughes) pitched for them in 1906 and 1909-1910.

JLange · #7 03-27-2011, 12:50 PM

A few more publications with Bob Feller on the cover. One from ebay, one from the Philly show. There's at least one more out there from 1937 with Bob Feller on the cover. Now I just have to find it!

Rob D. · #8 03-27-2011, 01:41 PM

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Very cool, Jason.

Shoeless Moe · #9 03-28-2011, 09:50 AM

Got my 1st signed Babe Ruth Baseball over the weekend thanks to fellow Net54-er Brock.

Also signed by Gehrig and the rest of Murderer's Row Combs, Koenig, Lazzari & Muesel, along with Urban Shocker, a very faint Miller Huggins, and a few others.

mr2686 · #10 03-29-2011, 12:43 PM

I've been working almost entirely on the 61 Yankees over the past month, and have been able to pick up 11 additional autographs including trainer Gus Mauch on an Oct 1950 GPC. The great thing about that team is that all members are very attainable with co-owner Del Webb probably being the hardest.

Scott Garner · #11 03-30-2011, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JLange

A few more publications with Bob Feller on the cover. One from ebay, one from the Philly show. There's at least one more out there from 1937 with Bob Feller on the cover. Now I just have to find it!

Very nice Jason! Great pickups...

Scott Garner · #12 03-30-2011, 10:15 PM

[QUOTE=bmarlowe1;880425]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I picked up a couple of cool vintage snapshots of early no-hit pitchers tonight. The second snapshot is of Thomas L. Hughes (Long Tom) of the circa 1906 NY Highlanders that threw 9 innings of perfection in the 1st game of a doubleheader in 1910 before finally giving up a single in the 10th inning. Hughes ended up allowing 6 more hits and ended up losing the game 5-0 to the Cleveland Naps. I actually own the only known ticket extant to this game in my collection. Long Tom ended up changing leagues and threw a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1916 while he was a member of the Boston Braves.

Scott - "Long Tom" Hughes was a member of NY AL only in 1904. "Salida Tom" Hughes (Thomas L. Hughes) pitched for them in 1906 and 1909-1910.

Hi Mark,
Thanks for this info and setting me straight on "Salida Tom". I'm happy to know what is the correct info on Thomas L....
Best,
Scott

MGHPro · #13 03-31-2011, 10:55 PM

Picked up an awesome 1903-1904 spalding zebra mushroom bat.
Matt

perezfan · #14 04-01-2011, 12:08 AM

Incredible, Matt...

That bat is off the charts! I didn't know there was a even such a thing as a Zebra Striped Bat and a Mushroom combined into one. How many (if any) of these have you seen over the years?

Awesome pickup!

MGHPro · #15 04-01-2011, 11:02 AM

Hi Mark
Theres one pictured in Dan and Ed's book but besides that I cant find any other examples. I know another collection with one it but thats about it.
Matt

Quote:

Originally Posted by perezfan

Incredible, Matt...

That bat is off the charts! I didn't know there was a even such a thing as a Zebra Striped Bat and a Mushroom combined into one. How many (if any) of these have you seen over the years?

Awesome pickup!

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