February Pick-Ups

[vintagesportflips]

Just picked up this 1967 Phila Eagles Hand Puppet made by the Gund company. In my 12 or so years of Eagles collecting, this is the first of these I've encountered. Admittedly, its a pretty unattractive piece, but it doesn't have to be pretty for me to collect it, just has to be Eagles related.

[Scott Garner]

I just picked up a nice 1" Walter Johnson for Congress pinback off of eBay.
The WaJo photo image is one that that I saved from a recent auction. I don't own this one...

[jester]

Picked this up. Anyone know the year of this pennant?

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by jester

Picked this up. Anyone know the year of this pennant?

Don't know definitely but looks like 1936....any baseball pennant with art deco style graphics is a winner, you don't see a lot of them...congrats nice P/U

http://www.sportsantiques.com/09natstorypg22.htm
It's not an A's piece but the art deco and baseball reminds me of this 1938 booklet at the 09' National in Michael McKee's booth....What was I thinking not to buy this for $75.00....covering the National for a story is overload mind numbing and this proves it LOL...

[matty39]

Jeff, I believe your pennant is a 1936-38 BF3 premium. You will find them listed in the Standard Catalog as type 12 BF3S.

[mjkm90]

That's not a BF3 (IMO)...isn't that a 27" pennant (see the tac head impressions)? It's 1930s in design. Jeff, you have one HELL of a pennant there. I've never seen another.

[Bugsy]

Originally Posted by mjkm90

That's not a BF3 (IMO)...isn't that a 27" pennant (see the tac head impressions)? It's 1930s in design. Jeff, you have one HELL of a pennant there. I've never seen another.

It is a BF3 premium. Red Ball issued full-sized pennants for the 16 MLB teams, but not for player pennants.

[jester]

Originally Posted by jester

Picked this up. Anyone know the year of this pennant?

It is a 27" pennant. I didn't know they made this size BF3s.

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I just picked up a nice 1" Walter Johnson for Congress pinback off of eBay.
The WaJo photo image is one that that I saved from a recent auction. I don't own this one...

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/bio/_/...walter-johnson
Post-playing career
His wife Hazel died on August 1, 1930. Her death left a gaping hole in Johnson's life which he attempted to fill.

In 1929, Johnson returned to the Senators as manager. In his first season he went 71-81, but, in his next three years, his teams averaged 93 wins. The squad never won a pennant under Johnson, though.

In 1933, he was hired by the Cleveland Indians, where he went 179-168 in three seasons. His kind demeanor and inability to understand how his pitchers couldn't work themselves out of jams helped lead to his undoing as a manger.

He served as a Senators broadcaster in 1939.

After his managing career ended, Johnson won a seat as Montgomery County Commissioner in Maryland. In 1940, he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Congress.
On December 10, 1946, Johnson died from a brain tumor at the age of 59.

[Scott Garner]

[QUOTE=CarltonHendricks;971114]http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/bio/_/...walter-johnson
[I]Post-playing career
His wife Hazel died on August 1, 1930. Her death left a gaping hole in Johnson's life which he attempted to fill.

In 1929, Johnson returned to the Senators as manager. In his first season he went 71-81, but, in his next three years, his teams averaged 93 wins. The squad never won a pennant under Johnson, though.

In 1933, he was hired by the Cleveland Indians, where he went 179-168 in three seasons. His kind demeanor and inability to understand how his pitchers couldn't work themselves out of jams helped lead to his undoing as a manger.

He served as a Senators broadcaster in 1939.

After his managing career ended, Johnson won a seat as Montgomery County Commissioner in Maryland. In 1940, he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Congress.



Thanks for supplying the Walter Johnson post career bio, Carlton!

I actually was aware of these facts as I read net54's own Hank Thomas' great biography entitled "Walter Johnson-Baseball's Big Train". For those of you that would love to learn more about Walter Johnson's great career, I would highly recommend that you read Hank's book. It's spectacular!!