The 1906 World Series: Chicago vs. Chicago...
Item #670658
October 15, 1906
* 1906 Chicago White Sox vs. Cubs
* World Series of baseball - all 6 games
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California A complete set of 6 issues reporting on all 6 games of the 1906 Major League Baseball World Series. The newspapers dated October 9 thru 15, 1908 (no newspaper on Sunday).
As the photos show each issue has a front page report on the games between the Chicago Cubs and th... See More
Complete set of newspapers reporting the 1913 World Series...
Item #670647
October 11, 1913
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California A complete set of five issues reporting on all five games of the 1913 Major League Baseball World Series, issues dated October 7 thru 11, 1913.
* 1913 World Series of baseball set
* New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Athletics
* Chief Bender - Christy Mathewson
As the photos show each issue has a front page report on the games between the P... See More
Yankees vs. Dallas Steers in 1929...
Item #670537
April 06, 1929
THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 6, 1929
* New York Yankees vs. Dallas Steers
* State of Texas exhibition baseball tour
* Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig home runs
The sport's section (page 11) has a six column headline: "Yanks Beat Dallas, 12-11, on Ruth's First Homer of Season" with subheads and box scores. First report coverage on the New York Yankees ending their exhibition tour ... See More
The Red Sox win game four of the World Series...
Item #670536
October 11, 1916
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, Oct. 11, 1916
* Boston Red Sox vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
* World Series - MLB baseball (game 4)
The front page has a rather large headline announcing: "RED SOX ARE CLOSE TO TITLE" with subhead: "Brooklyn Pitchers Are Hit Hard"
Included on the front page is the "Box Score" as well as nice text with an inning-by-
... See More
* Boston Red Sox vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
* World Series - MLB baseball (game 4)
The front page has a rather large headline announcing: "RED SOX ARE CLOSE TO TITLE" with subhead: "Brooklyn Pitchers Are Hit Hard"
Included on the front page is the "Box Score" as well as nice text with an inning-by-
Babe Ruth's 1930 New York Yankees contract ?...
Item #670157
March 08, 1930
THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 8, 1930
* Babe Ruth nearing the end of his career
* New York Yankees contract disagreement
* MLB - Major League Baseball
The sport's section (page 12) has a four column headline: "Ruth Rejects $85,000 Offer for 1930" with subheads. (see) Coverage on Babe Ruth dealing with his new contract extension. He would agree with Yankee management the following... See More
1941 New York Yankees win World Series....
Item #669489
October 07, 1941
NEW YORK POST, October 7, 1941.
* New York Yankees are 1941 World Series champions
* Major league baseball MLB - Subway series
The sport's section (page 13) has a banner headline: "Dodgers Join With Baseball World in Acclaiming Yankees Great Team" with various subheads that include: "Great Pitching, Strong Defense Stand Out in Yankees Victory" and three related photo... See More
NYY Yankees Bill Dickey MLB debut...
Item #669331
August 16, 1928
THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 16, 1928
* Bill Dickey MLB baseball player debut
* New York Yankees hall of fame catcher
The sport's section (page 15) has a five column headline: "Ruth Hits 45th as Yanks Lose to White Sox" with subheads and box scores. (see) Text includes: "Bill Dickey, the catcher from Little Rock, has something to write home about last night. The tall lad m... See More
Jackie Robinson's 1st MVP award....
Item #668715
November 19, 1949
LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., November 19, 1949
* Negro star Jackie Robinson
* NL baseball MVP award (1st report)
* 1st Negro to win - Brooklyn Dodgers
Page 11 has a one column heading: "Robinson Is Voted Most Valuable" (see) First report coverage on Jackie Robinson winning the NL baseball MVP award, the first black player so honored.
Other news, sports and advertise... See More
Joe DiMaggio enlists into United States Army...
Item #668356
February 17, 1943
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, February 17, 1943
* Joe DiMaggio enlisting into United States Army
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
* From his hometown publication (rare)
The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a three column heading: "JOE DI MAGGIO JOINS ARMED FORCES TODAY" with small photo. (see) Nice to have from DiMaggio's hometown and the city where... See More
1st of Lou Gehrig's record Grand Slam HR's...
Item #667911
July 24, 1925
THE DETROIT NEWS, July 24, 1925
* Lou Gehrig's 1st of his 23 record grand slam HRs
* New York Yankees baseball - Yanks
The sport's section (page 37) has a banner heading: "MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCENES CONTINUE RAPID SCENES" with subheads. Text includes: "Two home runs by Lou Gehrig of the Yankees, the second of which arrived in the seventh with the bases filled...&qu... See More
Pete Rose's short stint back into MLB baseball...
Item #667807
October 25, 1999
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 25, 1999
* Pete Rose inducted into all-century team
* Bud Selig drops MLB baseball ban for 1 day
The top of the front page has a photo showing Pete Rose at Game 2 of the 1999 World Series. It was here that he was introduced as a member of the all-century team to a roaring crowd. For this to happen, Rose's ban from baseball had to be lifted for this day which Bud... See More
Joe DiMaggio enlists into United States Army...
Item #666841
February 18, 1943
THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 18, 1943
* Joe DiMaggio enlists into United States Army
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
The sport's section (page 28) has a four column headline: "DiMaggio Now Army Private on Coast" with subheads that include: "YANKS OUTFIELDER WAIVES FURLOUGH" "DiMaggio Passes Army Physical, Then Leaves for Reception Center at Monter... See More
1941 New Yankees vs. Dodgers... World Series....
Item #666518
October 01, 1941
THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1941.
* New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers (game 1)
* Major league baseball MLB - Subway series
Above the masthead is a nice scoreboard graph showing the New York Yankees winning 3-2. (see) The front page has a two column headline: "RUFFING, YANKS, CAPTURE OPENER FROM DODGERS" with subheads and photo. (see) Coverage continues ... See More
Boston Red Sox in 1912 World Series...
Item #666378
October 10, 1912
FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, October 10, 1912
* Boston Red Sox
* World Series of Baseball (game 3)
* New York Giants
The top of the front page has a nice three column headline: "GIANTS WIN TWO TO ONE" with inning by inning description and box scores. Nice to have from a town close to Boston.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 12 page... See More
Baseball arrives in England... diagram of a diamond and more...
Item #666220
April 13, 1889
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, April 13, 1889 An inside page of this issue has an informative article about "Base Ball" that appeared in a London newspaper, beginning: "The arrival in this country of a specially selected team of players will no doubt stimulate the interest on this, the great national pastime of the United States and some account of it may, therefore, be f... See More
Yankees win game 1 in 1936 World Series...
Item #666014
September 30, 1936
NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Sept. 30, 1936
* New York Yankees vs. Giants
* World Series MLB Baseball (game 1)
* Lou Gehrig & Joe DiMaggio era
* Early, same day reporting
The front page has a terrific banner headline: "GIANTS ROUT YANKEES, 6-1" with subheads, box scores and scoreboard above the masthead. Great for display. More in the sport's section and nice to have in this... See More
Roger Maris hits record-setting 61st home run...
Item #665734
October 02, 1961
GREAT BEND DAILY TRIBUNE, Kansas, October 2, 1961
* Roger Maris home run record (#61)
* New York Yankees (1st report)
The sports page reports one of the more notable events in all of baseball history: the 61st home run of New York Yankee Roger Maris, breaking the Babe Ruth record which stood for 34 years.
The sport's section (page 6) has a five column headline: &... See More
NY Giants vs. NY Yankees... 1921 World Series...
Item #665480
October 12, 1921
THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE, Penn., October 12, 1921
* NY Giants vs. New York Yankees (game 6)
* 1st ever World Series Yanks were in
* Major League Baseball - MLB
* Nice headline for display
The front page has a nice banner heading: "GIANTS BREAK TIE WINNING 2 TO 1" with subheads and inning by inning description. Nice for display.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Compl... See More
Death of Jackie Robinson...
Item #665387
October 25, 1972
THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, October 25, 1972
* Jackie Robinson death... Brooklyn Dodgers
* 1st African-American to play MLB baseball
* 1st be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
The front page has a one column heading: "Jackie Robinson to Be Buried in Brooklyn". (see)
Complete in 10 pages, a few small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.... See More
Thurman Munson killed... NY Yankees...
Item #665361
August 03, 1979
THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Kansas, August 3, 1979
* Catcher Thurman Munson killed
* New York Yankees baseball
* Jet airplane crash disaster
The top of page 5 has a banner headline: "Yankee catcher Thurman Munson dies in plane crash"First report coverage on the airplane crash that killed New York Yankees' star catcher, Thurman Munson.
Complete with all 8 pages, a few binding ho... See More
Babe Ruth as a editorialist... Yankees baseball...
Item #664907
August 11, 1928
ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, Aug. 11, 1928
* Babe Ruth as a Editorialist ?
* New York Yankees baseball
The sport's section (page 8) has a two column heading: "Ruth Blames Slump of Yankees On Hitters, Not Club's Pitchers" with subhead and small photo of Ruth. This is actually a editorial by Ruth on the team's situation heading into the final weeks of the season. The Y... See More
Yankee Stadium lore... Kids game w/ Babe Ruth photo...
Item #664904
August 10, 1925
SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Mass. Aug. 10, 1925
* Yankee Stadium showcases youngsters
* Babe Ruth photo with child player
The sport's section (page 8) has a two column photo showing Babe Ruth with a youngster and heading: "Passing the Tip Along" with text underneath. Reports that their was a baseball game for kids at Yankee Stadium prior to the Yankees & Tigers match-up. Mill... See More
DiMaggio hitting streak hits #49...
Item #664827
July 11, 1941
THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 11, 1941
* Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak reaches 49
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
* Best title to be had ?
The sport's section (page 20) has headings: "Yanks Triumph" "DiMaggio Runs Streak to 49 Games As Yanks Halt Browns at Night, 1-0" and more with box scores.
(see) First report coverage on Joe DiMaggio's famous hitting streak... See More
1929 World Series.... Cubs vs. A's.....
Item #664803
October 12, 1929
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., October 12, 1929
* 1929 World Series (game 3)
* Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Athletics
* Major league baseball MLB
The top of the front page has three column headline: "BUSH HALTS MACK'S SLUGGERS; HORNSBY AND CUYLER DELIVER HITS THAT WIN FOR CHICAGO" with subheads and box scores. (see)
Much more in the sport's section (pages 16 & 17).&... See More
First game in DiMaggio's remarkable 56 game hitting streak...
Item #664679
May 16, 1941
NEW YORK TIMES, May 16, 1941
* Joe DiMaggio - New York Yankees baseball
* All time MLB game hitting streak record begins
The sports page has a logically inconspicuous report, under the heading: "Yankees Bow to White Sox For Fifth Straight Setback...", noting: "...In sharp contrast to the White Sox batters, the New Yorkers kicked away every chance they had except one, wh... See More
Joe Dimaggio nears the end of his hitting streak (52 & 53)...
Item #664573
July 14, 1941
THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 14, 1941
* Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak nears the end (52 & 53)
* New York Yankees - Major league baseball doubleheader
The sports section (page 21) has a four column headline proclaiming: "Yanks Take Two for Record of 14 in Row" with subheads that include: "DiMaggio Hits in Both Contests As 50,387 Watch 8-1, 1-0 Sweep" and more with bo... See More
Joe DiMaggio continues the consecutive game hitting streak (51)...
Item #664520
July 13, 1941
THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, July 13, 1941
* Joe DiMaggio - New York Yankees baseball
* All time MLB hitting streak record continues (51)
The top of the front page of this section has a one column heading: "DIMAGGIO'S 2 HITS HELP YANKS TAKE 12TH STRAIGHT, 7-5" with subheads that include: "Browns Beaten as Joe Lifts Record to 51 Games..." and mo... See More
Players indicted for the 1919 "Black Sox" scandal...
Item #664241
March 26, 1921
BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, March 26, 1921
* Chicago Black Sox World Series scandal
* Indictments against White Sox players
One of the sports pages inside has an article near the bottom with one column heads: "Baseball Scandal Up Again" "Eighteen Men Indicted by Chicago Grand Jury, Including Five Not Previously Mentioned".
A very notable report.
The article names ... See More
Babe Ruth retires as a player in 1935....
Item #664142
June 03, 1935
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, June 3, 1935
* Babe Ruth retires as baseball player
* Boston Braves - MLB baseball
The front page of the sport's section has a two column heading: "Ruth, Released After Row With Owner Fuchs, Learns Majors Have No Job for Him" Page 2 of this section has a three column heading: "Babe Ruth Released After a Row With President Fuchs of Braves" wi... See More
Mike Donlin death... baseball player & actor...
Item #664083
September 25, 1933
THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 25, 1933
* Mike Donlin death (1st report)
* MLB baseball player & actor
The top of page 15 has a one column heading: "MIKE DONLIN DEAD; ONCE WITH GIANTS" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do not.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the... See More
A very prophetic headline on next year's World Series...
Item #664076
October 07, 1941
ST LOUIS POST-DISPATCH - Sports Section only, Oct. 7, 1941
* St. Louis Cardinals to win 1942 World Series ?
* MLB - Major League Baseball true prediction
The banner headline reports on the just-completed 1941 World Series in which the New York Yankees were victorious over the Brooklyn Dodgers, noting a boastful St. Louis bias: "CARDS WILL TAKE CARE OF YANKEES IN 1942 WORLD SERIES"... See More
Nice reporting on the "national game"...
Item #663923
July 24, 1876
NEW YORK HERALD, July 24, 1876
* Early baseball games w/ box scores
Page 10 has three-quarters of a column taken up with baseball reports, & nice that it is headed: "The National Game". There are reports on five games, with box scores for each. Then there are: "Base Ball Notes".
Twelve pages, very nice condition.
Jewish State... Bob Feller's no-hitter.....
Item #663827
May 01, 1946
NEW YORK TIMES, May 1, 1946
* Bob Feller no-hitter at Yankee Stadium
* Cleveland Indians - MLB baseball
* Jewish Statehood sought
The front page has a three column headline: "JOINT PALESTINE BODY BARS A JEWISH STATE, BUT URGES ENTRY OF 100,000 REFUGEES" with subheads.
Page 34 has one column heads which include: "FELLER TOPS YANKS WITH NO-HITTER, 1-0" "Six Re... See More
1927 sport's stars photos... Babe Ruth & more...
Item #663782
January 01, 1928
NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, January 1, 1928
* Sport's stars & feats of 1927
* Babe Ruth - Gene Tunney - Bobby Jones
The front page of this section has ten photos of various sport's stars for the year of 1927 with heading: "Some of the Outstanding Figures of the Past Year in Various Fields of Sport" Nice for display. Also coverage on the various feats that... See More
Stamford, Connecticut Little League champions....
Item #663705
August 26, 1951
SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, Mass., August 26, 1951
* Stamford, Connecticut
* Little League baseball
* World Series champions
Page 4 of the sport's section has a one column heading: "STAMFORD TOSSERS ARE LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPS ON 3-0 WIN" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the little league baseball team from Stamford, Connecticut winning the World Series championsh... See More
Joe DiMaggio hits 3 home runs...
Item #663073
June 09, 1941
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, June 9, 1941
* Joe DiMaggio hits 3 home runs HRs
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
* From his hometown & where he played minor league
The top of page 5 of the sport's section has a three column headline: "DI MAG HITS 3 HOMERS AS YANKS TAKE TWO" with subhead, photo and box scores. (see) Nice to have in this San Francisco publication, rare as such.... See More
Joe DiMaggio plans to enlist in U.S. Army...
Item #663064
January 14, 1943
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONILCE, January 14, 1943
* Joe DiMaggio decides to enlist in U.S. Army
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
* Marriage troubles with Dorothy Arnold
* From his hometown & where he played minor league
The front page has a one column heading: "DiMaggio Harmony" with subhead. (see) The front page of the sport's section has a two column headline: "DiMaggio,... See More
DiMaggio breaks hitting streak...
Item #662999
June 30, 1941
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, June 30, 1941
* Joe DiMaggio breaks game hitting streak record
* New York Yankees - Major league baseball
* From his hometown & where he played minor league
The top of the front page of the sport's section has a headline: "DI MAG CRACKS HITTING RECORD" with "42!" (see). Also a subhead and photo showing DiMaggio hitting for the rec... See More
Yankees win the World Series...
Item #662702
October 07, 1936
TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, Oct. 7, 1936
* New York Yankees baseball
* World Series Champions
* Joe DiMaggio & Lou Gehrig era
The sports page has a photo headed: "Clinching Title With Spectacular Slide", then the lengthy report with column heads: "Yanks Show Supremacy in the Series" "More Than Two Score Records Broken or Equaled" with talk ... See More
Babe Ruth debuts as a coach in 1938...
Item #662449
June 20, 1938
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, June 20, 1938.
* Babe Ruth debuts as a coach
* Brooklyn Dodgers - MLB baseball
The front page of sport's section (page 19) has a one column heading: "BABE NEW IDOL IN BROOKLYN" with photo and caption: "YOU KNOW HIM" (see)
Complete with all 28 pages, light toning at the margins, small library stamp within the masthead, small address label on ... See More
Joe DiMaggio hits 2 home runs in 1 inning...
Item #662317
June 25, 1936
SPORTING GREEN section only of the San Francisco Chronicle, June 25, 1936
* Joe DiMaggio hits 2 home runs in 1 inning
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
The top of the front page of this section has a nice banner headline: "DI MAGGIO CLOUTS 2 HOMERS IN ONE INNING" with subheads and box scores. Nice for display. DiMaggio was from the San Francisco area and played minor ... See More
Monte Pearson pitches no-hitter...
Item #661723
August 28, 1938
CHRONICLE SPORTING GREEN sport's section only of the San Francisco Chronicle, August 28, 1938
* Monte Pearson pitches no-hitter
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
* Joe DiMaggio 3 triples in a row
The top of the front page of this sport's section only has a nice banner headline: "PEARSON HURLS NO HIT TILT FOR YANKS !" The top of page 2 also has a nice banner headline: &quo... See More
Phil Rizzuto hits 1st MLB home run....
Item #661679
April 24, 1941
NEW YORK WORLD TELEGRAM, April 24, 1941
* Phil Rizzuto - New York Yankees
* Very 1st MLB baseball home run
* Game announcer - "Holy Cow!" fame
The sport's section (page 28) has a two column heading: "Homers?Phil Can Hit 'Em" with subhead: "Rizzuto's 11th Inning Drive to Beat Red Sox Proves Small Yank Power" (see) First report coverage on Yankee leg... See More
Yankees win game 2 in 1937 World Series...
Item #661588
October 07, 1937
NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Oct. 7, 1937
* New York Yankees vs. Giants
* World Series MLB Baseball (game 2)
* Lou Gehrig & Joe DiMaggio era
The front page has a terrific banner headline: "YANKS BEAT GIANTS AGAIN" with subheads, box scores, scoreboard above the masthead and inning by inning coverage. Great for display. More in the sport's section and nice to have in this unc... See More
Yankees win game 2 in 1936 World Series...
Item #661469
October 02, 1936
NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Oct. 2, 1936
* New York Yankees vs. Giants
* World Series MLB Baseball (game 2)
* Lou Gehrig & Joe DiMaggio era
The front page has a terrific banner headline: "YANKS WIN, EVEN SERIES" with subheads, box scores, scoreboard above the masthead and inning by inning coverage. Great for display. More in the sport's section and nice to have in this unco... See More
Baseball caricatures by A.B. Frost...
Item #661453
HARPER'S MONTHLY, New York, January, 1890The entire back page is captioned: "Our National Game", showing twelve different baseball caricatures each with a caption, illustrated by the famed artist A.B. Frost.
Other content is "Jamaica, New and Old" "The Russian Army" "The Smyrna Fig Harvest" "St. Andrew's" and many additional articl... See More
Cal Ripken breaks Lou Gehrig's 2130 game record...
Item #661057
September 07, 1995
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Pennsylvania, September 7, 1995
* Ripken breaks unbreakable record
* Cal Ripken Jr. is needed in baseball
Front page heading has,"Ripken is king of the iron men, breaking 'unbreakable' record", which tells of Cal Ripken of the Baltimore Orioles playing the most consecutive games in history.
Front page photo, inside coverage, complete issue witho... See More
1999 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees...
Item #661050
July 24, 1999
THE DAILY STAR, Oneonta, New York, July 24, 1999
* 1999 Hall of Fame induction weekend
Front page heading has, "Baseball fans pack Cooperstown", which tells of Nolan Ryan, Orlando Cepeda, George Brett, Robin Yount all being inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame.
Complete issue, in very nice condition. See images for details.... See More
Dave Winfield selected to Baseball's Hall of Fame...
Item #660976
August 18, 2001
DAILY NEWS, New York, August 18, 2001
* New York Yankees honor Dave WinField
Front page heading has, "Dave's Day" Full color photograph honoring Dave Winfield's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Complete, a little bit of wear at the mid-fold, but otherwise good. See images for details.
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Philadelphia Phillies...
Item #660931
June 12, 1989
THE SPORTING NEWS, St. Louis, Missouri, June 12, 1989
* Mike Schmidt retires from baseball.
This issue features the retirement of Michael Jack Schmidt, super-star 3rd-basemen for the Philadelphia Phillies (and now a member of the Hall of Fame).
This tabloid-size newspaper is a complete issue in nice, clean condition. See images for details.
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