March Pickups

[murphusa]

Found this neat 1920's Spalding 5 inch Catchers Glove with an advertisement.







Found its brothers in an 2000 Hunt Auctions

[matty39]

Two recent Legendary pick-ups

[Forever Young]

Picked this up today.

[GrayGhost]

This has basically no value, is beat to heck, but Id never seen it and LOVE IT. Love the Cat's name too

[BigJJ]

Ben, great photo. Not nice of whoever dressed the chunky kid to Ruth's right.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by BigJJ

Ben, great photo. Not nice of whoever dressed the chunky kid to Ruth's right.

Thank you. Yeah.. that chubby little dude rules. It looks like a scene from the little rascals or bad news bears. I just love how all the kids are different and pretty much frame Ruth. Early images of Ruth with groups of kids are tough. You mostly see him while he is retired.. not in uniform. This one is in his prime with a giants jersey cuz players were unable to wear their own on the off season. I guess there are ways around that.. just throw on another jersey..haha..silliness. I just love that these kids are from a orphanage like Ruth and all of different ages/sizes…very happy to own it!

[71buc]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

This has basically no value, is beat to heck, but Id never seen it and LOVE IT. Love the Cat's name too

It was a very bad 1951 baseball film. Then again is there such a thing as a good 1950s baseball film? The link below has information on the film.

http://thestalkingmoon.weebly.com/5/...barb-1951.html

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

This has basically no value, is beat to heck, but Id never seen it and LOVE IT. Love the Cat's name too

Most of the Four Color comics from that era are beat to heck, because the kids actually read them

Incidentally, besides the #423 you have, Rhubarb was in issues #466 and #563 as well (minus the baseball theme, so strictly for fans of affluent felines).

[GrayGhost]

Thanks for the info all

[khkco4bls]

Here is the goldsmith hang tag off ebay, with my Goldmith ball to match from the national. Oakland Oaks ball. Got to be a rare hang tag. never seen one...

[jb217676]

Christmas card from a supportive fan addressed to Tris Speaker concerning a Sept. 25, 1919 game fixing scandal. This accusation was made against him (and Ty Cobb) by major league pitcher Dutch Leonard in 1926.

[Runscott]

I've been watching this 1909 KEIO postcard for a while - finally pulled the trigger.

And below KEIO's rival, Waseda, from their 1911 U.S. tour.

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by Runscott

I've been watching this 1909 KEIO postcard for a while - finally pulled the trigger.

And below KEIO's rival, Waseda, from their 1911 U.S. tour.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keio_University
Pretty nice...wouldn't mind seeing some close-in shots, especially of that top one...I looked up Keio...had no idea what it was....see above it's a univeristy.."It is known as the oldest institute of higher education in Japan"

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keio_University
Pretty nice...wouldn't mind seeing some close-in shots, especially of that top one...I looked up Keio...had no idea what it was....see above it's a univeristy.."It is known as the oldest institute of higher education in Japan"

Carlton, you'll be able to find more about both teams, "soon", on the research page of my web-site. I've been very frustrated with how slow it takes to get articles published, and will be creating a venue for other baseball historians to web-publish their articles. It will be professional, etc., and I already have 4-5 articles ready to go up.

I'll start a thread when it's ready to accommodate articles by you all.