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VOL. 6O—NO. 7 PHILADELPHIA, OCTOBER T9, 1912 PRICE 5 CENTS THE SUPREME HONORS! The Record-Breaking Battle for the Base Ball Championship of the World, Between the Boston Red Sox, Champions of the American League, and New York Giants, Champions of the National League. S "Sporting Life" goes to press the stages when defeat seemed certain with the 1912 World©s Series is drawing to good pitching Tesreau was serving up to a conclusion and will be a matter HIS SUDDSN COLLAPSE of history ere this greets the read in the seventh inning. Doyle was the star of er. At this writing, Tuesday, the day for New York in fielding and batting. October 15, the seventh game of Myers also rose to an emergency in the last the series is being played in Bos inning, and Murray, the failure of 1911, made ton and in the event of Boston©s success the his first hit in a World©s Series, and with it series will be ended with the Boston Ameri scored both New York runs in.the third in can League team as the winner of the great ning. Fletcher had a bad day, striking out series by four games to two games for the three times, when a hit on two occasions would New York Nationals, the second game of the have obviated his team©s defeat. The bulk series being an 11-inning draw. Should New of Boston©s field work was done by catcher York win on this day the rival teams will be Cady, who made a splendid World©s Series tied with three victories and defeats each, debut, and by Wagner with brilliant short field and the deciding game will be played on Wed work and timely batting; but the real hero of nesday, Octob-er 16. -
Base Ball and Trap Shooting
BASE BALL AND TRAP SHOOTING VOL. 63. NO. 23 PHILADELPHIA, AUGUST 8, 1914 PRICE 5 CENTS Organized Ball Striving to Checkmate Federal League Fall Raids Reports of Player Desertions to the Independent League Possibility of Another Serious Row With the Players© Fraternity Sox second baseman, had signed with the Pittsburgh Federal team, is practically con Despite the miserable condition firmed today. President Lannin admitted that /r Yerkes had been missing several days. Waiv of affairs in the entire base ball ers were asked some time ago on Yerkes, and world, the "big men of the sport give he probably figured ^the inducement offered by no signs of desire or ability to rise the Pittsburgh Federals p was more, attractive to a situation which demands peace, than that of any club tha©t might claim his ser precedent to necessary reorganisa vices at the waiver price. tion. Organized Ball is continuing Indian Bluejacket a Deserter its policy of sequestering all avail BLOOMINGTON, Ills., August 4 Jim Bluejacket, the Cherokee Indian pitcher, sold able players, while the Federal by the Blobmington Club, of the I. I. I. League is continuing its raiding ef League, to the New York Giants, has jumped forts, both for the present season to the Brooklyn Federals, getting double the salary offered by the Giants. A two-year con and next year. Meantime the play tract and $1000 advance money was given ers are not only reaping a golden him. He was to have reported to the New harvest, but they are also running York Giants on August 27. -
To My Fellow Hobbyists
To My Fellow Hobbyists, Welcome to our September 2010 auction. We have gathered over 1000 unique lots for the session. O ur auction will begin on September 15th and end on September 29th and 30th. We thoroughly enjoyed meeting many of our bidders and consignors at the National Convention in Baltimore. I was amazed at how many people, both dealers and collectors, told us this was the best sho w they have EVER been to. That speaks loudly to the current state of our hobby! I want to thank all those who gav e us consignments and signed up for our mailing list at the sho w. It was truly a record-setting show for us as well. If anyone would like their winnings from this auction brought to either the Hofstra or Chantilly shows, which are 2 weeks after the auction ends, please contact our office for arrangements. Remember when we deliver it to you at a show shipping is FREE!! With all that said, once again our dedicated team has outdone themselv es in assembling this fantastic array of rar e, unusual and even one-of-a-kind items. The newest member of our staff, I'm proud to say, is recent Slippery Rock graduate and my son Ricky Huggins. He will be working with us fulltime for now and I'm sure many of you will get to meet him soon. Dave Stoddard has added even more new features that continue to keep our site simple and user friendly, while incorporating new and useful ideas. Our head writer, Kevin Heffner, and his staff of James Feagin and Mark Raines have worked tirelessly to get these lots written and our former writer-turned-photographer , Matt Flores, along with our "man of many hats," S tefan Wisinski, have captured all the images. -
Ray Schalk: a Baseball Biography
Ray Schalk ALSO BY BRIAN E. COOPER Red Faber: A Biography of the Hall of Fame Spitball Pitcher (McFarland, 2007) Ray Schalk A Baseball Biography BRIAN E. COOPER McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina, and London LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Cooper, Brian E., 1954– Ray Schalk : a baseball biography / Brian E. Cooper. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7864-4148-8 softcover : 50# alkaline paper 1. Schalk, Ray. 2. Baseball players—United States— Biography. I. Title. GV865.S352C66 2009 796.357092—dc22 [B] 2009027457 British Library cataloguing data are available ©2009 Brian E. Cooper. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. On the cover: Chicago White Sox catcher Ray Schalk in 1924 (Library of Congress) Manufactured in the United States of America McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 611, Je›erson, North Carolina 28640 www.mcfarlandpub.com To my wife, Ann. She deserves a place in the Patience Hall of Fame. Acknowledgments I greatly appreciate these individuals and institutions for their assistance and cooperation with this project. First, my thanks to these individuals: Mirdza Berzins; Mark Braun; Deborah Brinson; Roy Brinson; Gene Carney; Ralph Christian; Bill Dees; Jim Eisenbarth; James Elfers; David Fletcher; Lillian Hendricks; Mary Lee Hostert; Will Hoyer; Jarrell Jarrard; Richard C. Lindberg; Peter Morris; Mike Nola; Bill Nowlin; Michelle Romanus; James Schalk; Lee Simon; Bob Sokol; Chris Steinbach; Brian Stevens; and David Valenzuela. -
Kit Young's Sale
KIT YOUNG’S SALE #90 1914 B18 BLANKETS These 5-1/4” felt cloth square flannels were issued in 1914 and wrapped around popular brands of tobacco. Over the years these picked up the nickname “blankets” because many of them were sewn together to form blankets. There are many different color variations. Much more affordable than cards of the same era, these display great with nice eye appeal. We were fortunate enough to pick up a nice grouping from an old-timer who had inherited them years ago. Johnny Bassler Indians Purple Pennants ............ EX $39.00 Walter Johnson Senators Green Pennants EX-MT 295.00; VG 150.00 Paddy Bauman Tigers White Infield .................VG-EX 19.00 Ray Keating Yankees Blue Infield ....................EX-MT 45.00 George Burns Giants Green Base Paths ...........VG-EX 19.00 Fritz Maisel Yankees Blue Infield ....................EX-MT 45.00 Marty Cavanaugh Tigers White Infield VG-EX 21.00; FR 5.00 Les Mann Braves White Infield ............................. EX 25.00 Frank Chance Yankees Blue Infield .EX-MT 95.00; VG 37.00 George McBride Senators Green Pennants .. EX+ 29.00; GD Frank Chance Yankees Green Infield..................... EX 49.00 9.00 Ty Cobb Walter Johnson Tigers Senators Ty Cobb Tigers White Infield ........EX-MT 495.00; EX/EX-MT Chief Meyers Giants Green Base Paths ...........GD-VG 15.00 White Infield Brown Pennants 375.00 Clyde Milan Senators Brown Pennants .............GD-VG 9.95 EX-MT $495.00 EX-MT $295.00 King Cole Yankees Green Infield .....EX-MT 45.00; EX 21.00 Otto Miller Dodgers Green Infield -
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