1925 Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Senators...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, October 7, 1925 



* Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Senators 

* World Series of baseball (game 1) (during)



The front page has banner headline: "JOHNSON VS. MEADOWS IN OPENING GAME" with subheads, lineups and current scoreboard which shows the score after two complete innings. (see) Pittsburgh would go on and eventually win the World Se... See More  

Death of "Iron Horse" Lou Gehrig...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, June 3, 1941



* Death of Lou Gehrig

* New York Yankees



The front page of the sport's section has a headline in bold lettering: "GEHRIG DEAD!" with subhead: "Baseball's 'Iron Horse' Felled by Spinal Disease" and photo. (see)  Also a brief article headed: "Babe Ruth recalls How Lou Hustled"

The top of page 3 of this s... See More  

1926 Death of noted baseball star Eddie Plank...

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Mass., Feb. 25, 1926 



* Eddie Plank "Gettysburg Eddie" death

* Hall of Fame pitcher - Philadelphia Athletics



The sport's section (page 15) has a two column heading: "Eddie Plank Is Dead After Brief Illness" with subheads. (see)

Complete with 20 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally good.... See More  

Babe Ruth's baseball career shorten ?...

THE DETROIT NEWS, June 13, 1929



* Babe Ruth may die if he continues to play ?

* Enlarged heart diagnosis by physicians

* New York Yankees - MLB - photo



The top of the front page has a photo showing Babe Ruth in a bath robe with heading: "He May Never Play Again" Also a one column column heading: "RUTH THROUGH, FRIENDS FEAR" with subheads. (see) Interesting report here a... See More  

Chicago Cubs win 1938 NL pennant....

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, October 2, 1938



* Chicago Cubs win NL pennant

* MLB - Major League Baseball

* Best title to be had (rare )

* German annexation of Sudetenland begins 

* Current day Czechoslovakia 

* Nazis - Adolph Hitler



The front page has a one column heading: "CHICAGO ROARS A WELCOME TO CHAMPION CUBS" with subhead and tiny map. The back page has a great ban... See More  

1925 Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Senators...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL-- EXTRA, Massachusetts, Oct. 10, 1925  The front page has banner headline: "SENATORS TAKE THIRD" which appears only in this "Extra" edition later in the day, as the "regular" edition just reports on the game to be played. Pittsburgh would go on and eventually win the series.

Also of interest is a half column report headed: "Pay Mathewson ... See More  

Prosecution asks for jail time for 'Black Sox' players...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 30, 1921 



* Chicago White (Black) Sox scandal 

* Baseball World Series fix trial

* Best title to be had ? rare as such



As the infamous Black Sox scandal comes to its conclusion (final arguments in the trial were the day before), the front page of the sports section has an interesting article headed: "Asks Conviction Of 'Black Sox' On Their... See More  

1st Negro pitcher makes MLB debut...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 27, 1947



* Dan Bankhead makes MLB debut

* 1st African American pitcher

* Brooklyn Dodgers baseball



The top of page 27 has a six column heading: "Pirates Rout Dodgers on 20-Hit Attack" with subheads that include: "Bankhead Hits Home Run" "But Negro Pitcher Is Routed with Gregg..." The report begins with: "Dan Bankhead made his debu... See More  

Babe Ruth goes deep twice...

SECTION 10 (SPORTS) only of the New York Times, September 1, 1929



* Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs

* New York Yankees

* MLB baseball



The front page of this section only has a one column heading: "RUTH HITS 2 HOMERS AS YANKS TAKE TWO" with subheads and box scores. (see)

Complete section 10 only with 8 pages, light toning at the margins, irregular along the spine, generally very nice.... See More  

Black Americana - black voters, candidates, jurors, and more...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 30, 1867  The front page has: "NORTH CAROLINA - COLORED JURORS ALLOWED", "Abortion Case... A Woman Left To Die In The Streets", "The Indian War", "Delaware - A Colored Man Murdered", and more. Also present is a brief account of newly register voters in South Carolina, which includes the mention of blacks.

Page 5 has: "GEORGI... See More  

Jackie Robinson ends his playing career...

THE SPORTING NEWS, St. Louis, Jan. 16, 1957 



* Jackie Robinson - Brooklyn Dodgers

* 1st Negro MLB baseball player (retirement)



Pages 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 contain an excellent very exhaustive report on Jackie Robinson's decision to retire from baseball, much to the disappointment of the N.Y. Giants to whom he was to be sold.

Just some of the headlines include: "Jackie's G... See More  

National League all-stars... Yogi Berra is a third-time MVP...

THE SPORTING NEWS, St. Louis, Dec. 7, 1955  The masthead notes: "The Baseball Paper Of The World". Inside has an article: "National League Places 7 on All-Stars" "Campy, Newk & Duke of Dodgers Against Yanks' Ford" plus there are photos of Ernie Banks, Nellie Fox, Roy Campanella, White Ford, Robin Roberts, Ted Williams, Duke Snider & others.

Another p... See More  

Babe Ruth gets married...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, April 18, 1929



* Babe Ruth & Claire Hodgson marry (1st report)

* New York Yankees opening day (rained out)

* MLB baseball



Page 31 has one column headings that include: "BABE RUTH MARRIED AS HUNDRED LOOK ON" "Early Morning Worshipers and Handful of Youngsters See Him Wed Mrs. Hodgson" and more with smaller subheads. First report coverag... See More  

Lou Gehrig's baseball career ends...

NEW YORK TIMES, June 23, 1939 



* Lou Gehrig's baseball career ends

* Infantile Paralysis diagnosis

* Best publication to be had ?



Page 24 has various baseball reports with two column headlines: "Gehrig Is Amazed and Cheered As Messages From Fans Pour In" "Stricken Star Avoids a Demonstration at Stadium by Staying in Dugout--Move Is On to Set Aside a Day for Him... See More  

Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame....

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., June 12, 1939.



* Cooperstown, New York

* National Baseball Hall of Fame dedication



The sport's section (page 24) has a two column heading: "Anniversary Celebration At Cooperstown Field Today" with subhead. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with 14 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, should be handled w... See More  

Death & funeral of William Wrigley, in a Chicago newspaper...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Jan. 27, 1932 



* William Wrigley Jr. death & funeral

* American chewing gum industrialist

* Chicago Cubs owner - Wrigley Field

* Best title to be had ? - rare as such



The front page first column has heads on the death and funeral of William Wrigley, the chewing gum industrialist, owner of the Chicago Cubs and for whom the Cubs field is named.  

T... See More  

Check from Cooperstown, 1834...

This is a genuine check written on the "Otsego County Bank" of Cooperstown, New York dated Feb. 17, 1834. Included is the amount of $500 in the lower left corner with a signature in the lower right. There is a nice engraving of an eagle with an olive branch in its beak.

An early financial item & great to have from this town famous as the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Measures 2... See More  

Babe Ruth Gets Hurt...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 19, 1932



* Babe Ruth hurts leg

* New York Yankees

* MLB baseball



The sport's section (page 22) has a four column headline: "Ruth Sustains Injury to Leg as Yankees Win" with subheads and photo of Ruth. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication, especially in a Babe Ruth report.

Other news,

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1981 Major League Baseball strike ends...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 31, 1981



* 1981 Major League Baseball strike ends



The front page has a nice banner headline for display announcing: "Baseball Strike Settled" with subhead. (see)

Complete 1st section only with 28 pages, nice condition.

An early image of city stickball...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Oct. 30, 1869  Prints within include: "Playing Baseball Under Difficulties In The Streets Of New York" which shows youngsters attempting to play baseball on a busy street among the daily activities.

Other prints include: "A Scene on a Tributary of the Cape Fear River, North Carolina" "Steamers Bounding the Lightship Off the B... See More  

Creating the American League of Major League Baseball...

THE SPRINGFIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, Nov. 4, 1881  A report near the top of page 5 has a somewhat inconspicuous yet historically very significant report--the creation of the American League of Major League Baseball.

The report is headed: "The New Base Ball Association" which begins: "The new base-ball league at Cleveland organized yesterday as the American associat... See More  

Check from Cooperstown, 1834...

This is a genuine check written on the "Otsego County Bank" of Cooperstown, New York dated Sept. 6, 1836. Included is the amount of $25 in the lower left corner with a signature in the lower right. There is a nice engraving of an eagle with an olive branch in its beak.

An early financial item & great to have from this town famous as the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Measures 2 ... See More  

Electric baseball "scoreboard" for remote "viewing"...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Jan. 24, 1891  An inside page has novel new invention headed: "Electrical Sporting Bulletin" which has about half a page of text and two illustrations, one captioned: "Electrical Base Ball Bulletin" and the other: "Diagram of Mechanism & Electrical Connections of the Base Ball Bulletin--Plan View of Double Relay".

A portion of ... See More  

Most runs ever in a Major League Baseball game....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 26, 1922 



* Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies 

* Most runs in a single game record 



This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 7: "CUBS AND PHILLIES SMASH TWO RECORDS" "Chicago Team Wins Weird Game in Which 51 Hits Are Made, 26-23" with box scores.



Tells of the game between the Chicago Cubs and Phil... See More  

Portrait of an early baseball player...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Sept. 29, 1866  Page 4 has a 3 by 2 inch portrait of: "Edward Beadle, Gotham B. B. Club Of New York." Includes an article headed "Our Base Ball Illustrations" that compares the "new school" of ball players to the "old boys" and then describes the talent and skills of Beadle, a first baseman for the Gothams.

The... See More