Yankees vs. Dallas Steers in 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  

Frank Leahy at Notre Dame...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, September 28, 1941



* Frank Leahy 1st game

* Notre Dame Fighting Irish

* College football



This 70+ page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page of the sport's section (inside): "NOTRE DAME TRIPS ARIZONA, 38 TO 7" and "35,000 Watch Leahy's First Irish Eleven Flash Strong Attack--Bertelli Stars".



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1929 World Series.... Cubs vs. A's.....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 9, 1929



* 1929 World Series (game 1)

* Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Athletics

* Major league baseball MLB



The front page has a one column heading: "ATHLETICS WIN, 3-1; EHMKE FANS 13 CUBS IN SERIES OPENER" with subheads. (see)

Much more in the sport's section (page 25) with headlines, photos and box scores. (see) First report coverage on game 1 o... See More  

1966 Daytona 500... Richard Petty....

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, February 28, 1966



* NASCAR National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing

* 8th Annual Daytona 500 race

* Richard "The King" Petty winner

* 1st report



This 22 page newspaper has a three column headline on page 15: "Richard Petty Roars to Victory In Daytona Race Before 87,840" with related photo and results chart (see i... See More  

The great naval expedition...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 9, 1861 (See Note Below - excludes multi-panel map)   The front page has a print of an: "Attack Upon the Camp of the Sixth Regiment New York Volunteers (Wilson's Zouaves), On Santa Rosa Island" as well as a print of: "Captain S. F. Dupont, Commanding the Great Naval Expedition".

Other prints inside include: "Our Army at Ed... See More  

Casey Stengel & the Brooklyn Dodgers...

NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 24, 1934 



* King Leopold III coronation

* Casey Stengel takes over

* Brooklyn Dodgers manager

* MLB baseball



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Leopold Ascends Belgian Throne; Pledge to Serve Nation Cheered" with subhead. The report continues on page 3 with photos.

The sport's section (page 9) has one column headings that include:... See More  

Babe Ruth's home run in bottom of 9th wins....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 19, 1928



* Babe Ruth home run wins it

* New York Yankees - Yanks

* MLB - Major League Baseball



The sport's section (page 15) has a four column heading: "Yanks Win When Ruth Hits Homer in 9th" with subheads that include: "RUTH'S 36TH, TWO ON, WINS IN NINTH, 9-8" and more with box scores.

Complete with all 44 pages, light toning at the ma... See More  

Michael Jordan's 1st 30+ point game in a Chicago newspaper...

USA TODAY, Oct. 30, 1984



* Michael Jordan's 1st 30+ point game

* Chicago Bulls professional basketball

* Best publication to be had - rare as such



The top of page 7 of the sport's section has a one column heading: "Jordan lifts Bulls 116-110" with box scores. (see images) This was Jordan's 1st 30+ point game as he scored 16 & 21 points in the first two games. I ex... See More  

Billy Burke wins 1931 U.S. Open (golf)...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 7, 1931



* Billy Burke wins 1931 U.S. Open of golf

* Inverness Club - Toledo, Ohio

* 72-hole playoff vs. George Von Elm



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "BURKE WINS U.S. OPEN, DEFEATING VON ELM BY STROKE AT TOLEDO" with subheads. (see images) Much more in the sport's section.

Complete with 48 pages, rag edition, some small binding s... See More  

USC wins 1998 college baseball World Series...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 7, 1998



* USC - University of Southern California

* 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

* College baseball World Series champions



The front page has a three column photo with small heading: "Trojans Pile It On" Reporting on the game in the sport's section.

Complete 1st and sport's sections only with a total of 58 pages, great condition.... See More  

Al Simmons death...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, May 27, 1956 



* Al Simmons death 

* Philadelphia Athletics 



This 60+ page newspaper has two column headlines on page 2 of the sport's section (inside): "Al Simmons Leaves Host Of Baseball Achievements" "Man With 'Foot-in-Bucket' Stance Dies of Heart Attack at Age of 54"  with photo of Simmons. (see)



Tells of... See More  

1927 Bobby Jones... British Open champion....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 30, 1927



* Golfer Bobby Jones

* British Open champion

* RMS Aquitania (welcome home)



The sport's section (page 7) has a banner headline: "Crowds Greet Jones on Ship and Ashore as British Golf Winner Returns Home'" with subheads and related photo. (see) Coverage on Bobby Jones coming home after winning the 1927 British Open golf championship.

Comp... See More  

"The All-American Football Team"...

John Sloan's Window Washers & James Montgomery Flagg's "Warum? or, Hairo Worship"...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 27, 1913  This issue does not have the original color cover; it begins with the Table of Contents. Included within are: Window Washers with the caption, "Sure! Yuh wanta git insured--the comp'ny pays yer funeral if yer killed, and if yer injured fer life yuh git ten t'ousand dollars!" by John Sloan; "Christabel" by Elizabeth ... See More  

Rafael Nadal's first Grand Slam tennis victory...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 6, 2005



* Spanish professional tennis player Rafael Nadal

* First Major Grand Slam title - French Open Men's singles



The front page of the sport's section has a three column heading: "Nadal Locks On to Title" with subhead and small photo. More on page 4.

Complete first section and sport's sections only, with a total of 28 pages, great condition... See More  

Boxer Davey Moore put in coma...

THE DETROIT NEWS, March 22, 1963



* Davey Moore vs. Sugar Ramos

* Featherweight boxing title fight

* Moore put in coma after defeat



The front page has a banner headline: "KO'd Boxer Fights Deaths" with subhead: "Moore in a Coma After Loss of Title" and photo. More in the sport's section. Moore would die a few days later.

Complete with 50+ pages, small library st... See More  

Sandy Koufax 1st MLB victory...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, August 28, 1955 



* Sandy Koufax 1st MLB victory 

* Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers 



This 100+ page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page of the sport's section: "Bonus Baby Strikes Out 14 in 2-Hitter" with box score. (see)



Tells of Brooklyn Dodgers young pitcher Sandy Koufax achieving his very 1st major league victory... See More  

Indian prisoners captured by General Custer...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 26, 1868  The front of the issue is of a 1/2 page illustration entitled "Winter Sports-Fishing for Pickerel Through the Ice." Inside is a full page illustration of "The Steamboat Disaster on the Ohio River, Near Warsaw, Kentucky, December 4, 1868." which also has the accompanying front page article regarding the collisions of the ste... See More  

The first vessel sailing into the Panama Canal... The stadium before Yankee Stadium...

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, Massachusetts, December 2, 1910  The front page  has a column head: "First Vessel Sails a Part of Panama Canal", a three-masted steam yacht Visitor II.

The sport page has a one column head: "Soon to Sign Contracts for New N.Y. Stadium" with subhead "President Farrell of American Baseball Club Expected to Approve Them on Ret... See More  

Willie Mays joins the U.S. Army in 1952...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 30, 1952



* Willie Mays "The Say Hey Kid"

* New York Giants baseball player

* Joins the United States Army (Korean War)



Page 22 has a two column photo showing Willie Mays taking the oath with heading: "Willie Mays Being Inducted Into Army" with brief text. (see image) I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason ... See More  

The Olympics in London....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 25, 1908  The front page of this issue has an illustration by W. A. Rogers called "The Donkey: 'What do I Get Out of It?'"

There is a half page photo of "Bryan and Murphy Hand in Hand." There are two full pages of photos of "America's Olympian Victors--The Athletes Who Scored Against the World in the British Stadium&quo... See More  

Tom Seaver's 1st MLB win...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, April 21, 1967 



* Tom Seaver 1st MLB baseball win - New York Mets 

* Cassius Clay refuses army 



This 50 page newspaper has a two column headline near the bottom of page 39 that reads: "Bonus Boy in First Win As Mets Top Cubs, 6-1" with box scores. Tells of the very 1st win for New York Mets great Tom Seaver. See photos for text.... See More  

Battle of Mill Spring or Somerset, Kentucky...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 8, 1862  The full front page is a print titled: "The alarmed Picket-guard." which has a caption: "The Picket of the Tenth Indiana Regiment Discovering the Approach of the Rebels at Mill Spring, Kentucky."

Inside has a half pg: "View Of Ship Island, Louisiana"; quarter-page prints of: "Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary ... See More  

Death of Red Grange...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 29, 1991



* Death of Red Grange

* "The Galloping Ghost"

* Illinois football halfback

* Chicago Bears - NFL



The bottom of the front page has a small photo with small heading: "Red Grange Dies" (see image)

The top of the front page of the sport's section has a one column heading: "'20s Star Grange, 87, Dies" with subhead and sma... See More  

Electric car...The Polyphone...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Aug. 12, 1899  The ftpg. is taken up with 2 photos of the sailing yacht "Columbia" with an article & another page of photos inside. Inside photo of: "The Riker Electric Brougham" car, with text. Also a devise titled: "The Boxing Kangaroo". "The Polyphone--Novel Attachment for Phonographs" gives the machine two horns (s... See More  

First Olympics under International Olympic Committee...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 26, 1924



* 1st winter Olympics held

* Chamonix France



This issue has a one column headlines on page 9 that includes: "OLYMPIC ICE GAMES OPEN AT CHAMONIX", "High French Official Formally Declares Classic Sports Festival Under Way", "150 Athletes In Parade", "Competitions Start Today".



This 26 page issue has usual browning wi... See More