March 2011 pick-up thread

[scooter729]

A new month, and hopefully it's full of new pickups for all of us.

My latest pickup, to add to my growing collection of 19th century Harvard sports collectibles, is this scorecard from "Class Day" in 1882, featuring a game between the Harvard baseball team from 1877 vs. the 1882 squad.

Most notable in the lineup of the 1877 is "Thayer, C", which is none other than Frederick Thayer, inventor of the catcher's mask.

[Lordstan]

Nice item!

Can you tell me what the initials after the players name mean on the 77 team card?
I think c - catcher, p - pitcher, L - left, r - right, but what are h, m, b, and the 2 s'?

Thanks,
Mark

[scooter729]

Great observation, I totally missed that!

I tried to Google and find an answer but came up empty, so if anyone happens to know what these designations may mean, I would love to hear it.

[mjkm90]

A few new pins

[william_9]

Originally Posted by scooter729

Most notable in the lineup of the 1877 is "Thayer, C", which is none other than Frederick Thayer, inventor of the catcher's mask.

James Tyng, also on the card, was the catcher who wore Thayer's mask in 1877.

[slidekellyslide]

Found this booklet in my local antique mall last night...dated 1893.



New York player on the cover - reversed for some reason...Buck Ewing?

[GKreindler]

Here are some great scans I picked up from the Boston Public Library:


Mike 'King' Kelly


Boston Nationals, 1890


Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Americans, 1903 World Series

Man, these guys looked like ballplayers. I can't wait to get them on canvas.

Woot!

Graig

[thegashousegang]

Graig, love that '03 World Series pic. I could look at it for hours.

[GKreindler]

Me too, Jimmy.

I especially love this part of the photo:



Yes, it's pretty cool that Wagner is so young looking, but what the hell is he doing with that ball on Tom Hughes (?) head? Awesome.

Graig

[baseball tourist]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Found this booklet in my local antique mall last night...dated 1893.



New York player on the cover - reversed for some reason...Buck Ewing?

Mine is in bad shape, but from the same year.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

The Nuf Ced McGreevey collection at the Boston Public Library is impressive. We have obtained copies of many for an on-going Spring Training photo display at the Hot Springs Convention Center.

The library along with the National Archives are both very helpful when you are looking for photographic help.

[Shoeless Moe]

.....while not nearly as neat, if anyone is in or near Lake County, Illinois NW Burb of Chicago, specifically Wauconda.

Check out:

http://www.lcfpd.org/discovery_museu...verymuseum.org

They have a real depression/bootleg era bar. And some neat Al Capone related items as he used to vacation in Wauconda/Lake Zurich and over the border to Wisconsin.

Neat stuff.

[yanks12025]

1936 Yankee team signed baseball with Lou Gehrig,Lazzeri,Combs,Dickey,Gomez. Kind of a surprize when i got the ball, it's a Babe Ruth Home-Run Special.

[GKreindler]

Brock, now THAT'S something I would covet. Beautiful piece.

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by scooter729

A new month, and hopefully it's full of new pickups for all of us.

My latest pickup, to add to my growing collection of 19th century Harvard sports collectibles, is this scorecard from "Class Day" in 1882, featuring a game between the Harvard baseball team from 1877 vs. the 1882 squad.

Most notable in the lineup of the 1877 is "Thayer, C", which is none other than Frederick Thayer, inventor of the catcher's mask.

To follow up on the thread which started the month, and a question which was posted regarding the positions for the 1877 team, I emailed the Baseball Hall of Fame a couple of days ago, to see if they may have an answer for this. The gentleman from the HOF who replied to me was super helpful, and just found the answer this morning, courtesy of the next day's (June 24, 1882) Boston Globe article, which he emailed me (and is posted below).

For the 1877 team lineup, first base, second base and third base are designated as a, b and c; left field, center field and right field are l (left), m (middle) and r (right).

[Lordstan]

Nice work Scooter.

Using the boxscore, it appears that in the scorecard the shortstop is labeled "s" and the catcher is "h" for possibly "home."

Another thing to notice is that there were 18 runs scored on 28 total hits...Time of Game 2hours!!!! How long would this game be now?

Very cool item.
Congrats.

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Another thing to notice is that there were 18 runs scored on 28 total hits...Time of Game 2hours!!!! How long would this game be now?

I think it's because TV timeouts between innings were much shorter in 1882. Plus, since there were "many ladies" in attendance, maybe the players kept the game moving along to keep a dinner date.