Willie Mays drafted by U.S. Army...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 17, 1952



* Willie Mays "The Say Hey Kid"

* New York Giants baseball player

* Drafted by the United States Army (Korean War)



The top of page 33 has a seven column heading: "Mays of Giants Is Found Acceptable for Draft After Second Test" with subheads and photo of Mays taking the aptitude test. (see images)

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Site for the original Yankee Stadium found?...

NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 14, 1920 



* Old Yankee Stadium site found ?

* "The House that Ruth Built" nears

* Best publication to be had ?



As for Yankee history, this issue has a gem report on what was to have become the site for the original Yankee Stadium. The top of page 13 has a column headed: "Terms Agreed Upon For Yankees' Park" "Building Conditions Cause ... See More  

Baltimore Orioles baseball team is born in 1953...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Sept. 30, 1953



* Baltimore Orioles baseball in born

* St. Louis Browns & Bill Veeck sells

* MLB - Major League Baseball League



The top of the front page, above the masthead is a banner heading: "Browns Go to Baltimore--Veeck Out. See Page 23" The front page of the sport's section has a banner headline: "Browns Go to Baltimore as Veeck Steps Ou... See More  

1939 New Yankees vs. Reds... World Series....

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, October 5, 1939.



* New York Yankees vs. Cincinnati Reds

* Major league baseball - MLB

* Best title to be had ? with great headline



The front page has a terrific banner headline: "YANKS WIN, 2 HITS OFF PEARSON" with subheads, scoreboard above the masthead and large box scores. (see images) Great for display and unusual for such a nice headline on the fron... See More  

Baseball game made famous by Currier and Ives...

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 4, 1865



* Brooklyn Atlantics vs. New York Mutuals

* Post Civil War reconstruction baseball game



 On the back page under "Sporting" is: "Base Ball" "The Grand Match for the Championship--20,000 Spectators Present--The Finest Contest Ever Witnessed--The Atlantics Still the Champions..." with more. 

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Charles Lindbergh, Fairbanks & Pickford, and more...

MID-WEEK PICTORIAL, New York, Sept. 14, 1929  Full front page is a photo of; "Air Ambassadors of Good Will" showing Charles Lindbergh and Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin.

Inside pages have a wealth of photos of events & people of the day including a full page of baseball players, a photo of Lindbergh with future WWII hero Jimmy Doolittle, Mary Pickford & Dougla... See More  

Lou Gehrig's high school baseball team...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 12, 1920



* High school all-star game - Wrigley Field

* Commerce High School, Brooklyn, New York

* 17-year old Lou Gehrig as a upcoming star



The top of page 16 has a one column heading: "CHICAGO-N.Y. PREP DIAMOND SERIES IS ON" (see images) This game would take place a few weeks later at Wrigley Field. Gehrig would homer in this game, his 1st ever in a m... See More  

1916 Brooklyn Dodgers baseball pennant race...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 30, 1916



* Brooklyn Robins (Dodgers)

* National League pennant race

* MLB - Major League Baseball



The front page has a six column headline: "DODGERS ARE AGAIN IN LEAD" with subhead, score and lineups. (see images) Inning by inning description continues inside.

Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era.... See More  

Notable American-Indian ball players... Jim Thorpe and more...

LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Nov. 13, 1913  Inside has a full page that features a column called: "The Old Fan Says" by Ed  A. Goewey, which discusses the world tour by the Giants and White Sox plus other baseball news of the day.

Also a report headed: "Three Noted Indian Baseball Players".

This article is about Charles (Chief) Bender, Jim Thorpe and John (Ch... See More  

Lou Gehrig, as "Harry Lewis", plays baseball in 1921...

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, June 13, 1921  The sports page (page 2) has a very intriguing report on the early career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig. See the paragraph below from Wikipedia on how he used an assumed name to (illegally) play early baseball:

"...He then studied engineering at Columbia University for two years, finding the schoolwork difficult before lea... See More  

R. J. Reynolds heir murder... Libby Holman...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 7, 1932



* Zachary Smith Reynolds suicide ? death

* Heir of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

* Socialite & actress Libby Holman

* Billy Jurges shot by girl

* Chicago Cubs - MLB baseball player



The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "SMITH REYNOLDS, LIBBY HOLMAN'S HUSBAND, SUICIDE" with subheads and two related photos. Was this suicide or m... See More  

Homer's "Seesaw--Gloucester... American baseball in London...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 12, 1874 



* Famous Winslow Homer print



Although there are many very nice prints within, the most desired is the full page print by Winslow Homer: "Seesaw--Gloucester, Massachusetts".  

Also within is a full page: "The American Baseball Players in England--Match between the Red Stockings and the Athletics..." plus a half ... See More  

New York Yankees win the World Series....

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, October 6, 1941  



* New York Yankees are 1941 World Series champions

* Major league baseball MLB - Subway series

* Year of Joe DiMaggio's famous hitting streak record



The front page features a nice banner headline: "YANKS WIN WORLD SERIES" with subheads, box scores and 3 related photos.

Complete with all 30 pages, a repair near the right margin ... See More  

Many baseball player prints in the Supplement...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 3, 1890  The most desired item in this issue is the four page supplement which is entirely taken up with the: "Opening Of The Base-Ball Season of 1890 - The Leading Players and Their Positions." Included are 29 illustrations of the better players of the era, including A.C. Anson, John M. Ward, William Ewing, Timothy J. Keefe, John G. Reilly, Charle... See More  

The 1914 World Series: Boston Braves vs. Philadelphia Athletics...

THE OMAHA EVENING BEE, Nebraska, October 8 - 10, 12-13, 1914  



* Boston Braves (Atlanta)

* Philadelphia Athletics

* World Series of baseball

* Complete set for all games



This is a five-issue set (the 11th was a Sunday, no issue was printed) covering the 1914 World Series between the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Athletics. This was the first four-game sweep in World Series history, ... See More  

Joe DiMaggio is MVP in 1941...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 12, 1941  



* Joe DiMaggio wins baseball MVP 

* Year of his famous hitting streak

* Ted Williams .406 batting Average season is 2nd 

* New York Yankees - MLB



The front page of section 2 (sports) has a banner headline: "VOTE DI MAGGIO MOST VALUABLE FOR 2ND TIME" with subheads and photo.

Complete in 38 pages, light toning at the margins,... See More  

Very nice baseball print...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Oct. 10, 1885



* Early baseball print - illustration - engraving



The full front page has 2 prints on: "Canada - The Anti-Vaccination Riots at Montreal...".

The prime print inside would be the very nice halfpg. captioned: "Illinois - The Struggle for the Baseball Championship - The Third & Deciding Game Between the Chicago and New Y... See More  

Babe Ruth signs New York Yankees contract...

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, March 6, 1922



* Babe Ruth signs contract

* New York Yankees baseball

* Highest paid baseball player



The top of page 6 has column heads: "RUTH TO CASH IN $75,000 AND A SWAT BONUS" "Contract Makes Him Best Paid Athlete in World".

Also, the same page has a column: "Billy Evans Says" which discusses the Babe Ruth contract and... See More  

Great color cover of a baseball player...

LESLIE"S ILLUSTRATED, New York, April 2, 1914  See the photo for the terrific, color cover on this issue, featuring a baseball player at bat. A terrific item for display. Such color covers rarely survived, hence quite scarce.

Very nice condition, although with a rather discrete inked stamp near the top just under the wing of the eagle--almost unnoticeable. Complete with all 20 pages.... See More  

Published by prison inmates... Good baseball coverage...

THE SUMMARY, Elmira, New York, March 7, 1914  An interesting newspaper "Published Weekly by & for the Inmates of the N.Y.S. Reformatory at Elmira" as noted at the top of page 2.

Actually fine baseball content as the back page has subheads: "Matty Signs With the Giants; Says The Matter Is Now Closed", beginning: "Christy Mathewson to-day signed with the New Y... See More  

Ted Williams ends the season above .400...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 29, 1941  



* Ted Williams .406 batting average enters record books

* Boston Red Sox - major league baseball - MLB



Not only is it difficult to find reports on Ted Williams' season-ending .406 batting average--which has yet to be topped--but when they are found they are typically very small, inconspicuous reports without headlines.

This report is a somew... See More  

Babe Ruth demands $20,000 for the 1920 season, or he will retire...

BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Dec. 26, 1919 



* Babe Ruth to retire ?

* Demands high salary



Page 4 has an article headed: "Ruth Says He Will Retire" " 'Through With Major League Baseball' Unless Red Sox Agree to Pay Him $20,000 for Season of 1920---Not to Become a Boxer".

Great to have this report in a Boston newspaper, and perhaps only to be found in a Boston... See More  

Satchel Paige's first Major League Baseball win... John J. Pershing death...

NEW YORK TIMES, July 16, 1948 



* Satchel Paige 1st MLB baseball win

* Cleveland Indians Negro star at 42 years old

* John Joseph 'Black Jack' Pershing death



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Pershing of A. E. F. Is Dead; On Service Rolls 62 Years" with subhead and nice photo. Much more on pages 12 & 13 as well.

The sport's section (page 22... See More  

Jimmie Foxx's 500th home run... Boston Red Sox...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 25, 1940 



* Jimmie Foxx 500th home run (2nd ever to do so) 

* Boston Red Sox - MLB Major League Baseball



The top of page 26 has a one column heading: FOXX HITS 500TH HOMER AS BOSTON WINS, 16-8, 4-3" with subhead and box scores (see images).

Complete with 38 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, nice con... See More  

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

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Jan. 24, 1891  An inside page has a 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