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03-04-2012, 01:04 PM
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What was the nickname given to the Brooklyn Federal League Team?
I recently won a 1915 Frank Owen Cracker Jack, who played for the Brooklyn Federal League Team. What is the team nickname, and where did the team nickname originate?
Patrick 
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03-04-2012, 01:20 PM
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The Brooklyn Tip-Tops. Owner of the team was a fellow named Ward, he owned the company making Tip-Top bread....
I'm working on a scan of a bit of ephemera associated with that. Next question, a pitcher for the Tip-Tops died the same day Ty Cobb died, who was he?  And I think this is Ward-Mackey Co., invoice is the comany that made Tip-Top bread, and would be associated with those almost square Tip-Top Bread cards showing the 1909 World Champions Pirates... This invoice is dated June 22, 1904. Last edited by FrankWakefield; 03-04-2012 at 01:27 PM.
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03-04-2012, 01:23 PM
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Correct answer Frank
Frank,
You are correct! Thanks for keeping the game going! Patrick
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03-04-2012, 01:54 PM
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Ed Reulbach and Ty Cobb died on July 17, 1961
Frank,
Both Ed Reulbach and Ty Cobb died on July 17, 1961. I think you threw us a curve ball since according to Baseball Reference.com Ed played for the Brooklyn Robins (NL) in 1914, and the Newark Peppers (FL) in 1915. Patrick Last edited by Vintagecatcher; 03-04-2012 at 01:55 PM.
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03-04-2012, 03:54 PM
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Yikes!!!! He was with Newark in the Fed League, I was mistaken, his Brooklyn affiliation was in the NL... but Ed Reulbach is the guy I was after...
As for the catcher and the hardware store, I have no idea. Don't know if you're talking Kling, Archer, or someone else. Big Ed would have liked the "curve ball".
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03-04-2012, 04:10 PM
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trivia
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Might it have been white paint. Reulbachs eye site was so poor his catchers would paint the inside of thier gloves.
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