A Great Rhode Island Celluloid - Not Quite a Pin But Close

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Posted By: Greg Theberge

Had to show you guys this neat pickup. I actually haven't seen it yet as my dad just picked it up today. We got it up from a collector friend of ours.

As you guys know, we collect RI brewery advertising.

Talk about skipping a heartbeat when you come across something that combines your two loves, beer and baseball.

Here's a very unusual scorekeeper from 1910. On one side, an markable scorekeeper with an awesome Narragansett advertisement. On the reverse, a 1910 schedule for the Providence Grays.

Of course, I'm ASSUMING this is for the Grays, I'm not 100% sure.

I have a 1911 "Facts for Fans" booklet which gives their 1911 schedule. A review of the 1910 statistics in this booklet reveals that the Grays finished dead last in their division in 1910.

Does anyone know where I can go to find a record of the 1910 season for the Grays so I can see if I have a match?

As most know, four years after this scorekeeper was made, some kid named Ruth (who was signed with the Red Sox at the time) would play a season for the Grays helping them win the title. I heard he went on to a pretty good career.



Greg

Here she is...