Highlands of the Hudson River... Cricket Match - New Yorkers vs. Australians....s

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 19, 1878  Nice fullpg. Nast: 'The Crowning Point of His Life' & another Nast fullpg. showing Uncle Sam. Fullpg: 'Northern Entrance to the Highlands of the Hudson' is nice and a full page illustration: "Too Late for the Coach--An Old Time Incident" by Reinhart. There is also a nice fullpg: "The Cricket Match Between The ... See More  

Lefty Grove 30th season win... Photo of Gandhi...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, September 19, 1931



* Lefty Grove 30th victory of season (record)

* Philadelphia Athletics - MLB baseball

* Great Gandhi photo



This 22 page newspaper has a two column photo on page 17 with headings: "Sets Pace For Southpaws", "Lefty Grove Wins His 30th To Establish Record".



Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughou... See More  

Horse Show... Automobile Racing...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 28, 1905  Front page illustration "In Dixie Land" by w. A. Rogers; The Women's Golf Championship--The Winner, Runner-Up, and Semifinalists in the Year's Contest; The Open-Air Horse Shows at Morristown, New Jersey, and Locust Valley, Long Island; The Vanderbilt Cup Race--Snap-Shots of the Four Leading Cars; The Vanderbilt Cup ... See More  

Federal Baseball League dissolves in 1915...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 23, 1915



* Federal Baseball League dissolves



Page 11 has a two column heading: "ORGANIZED BALL AGAIN TRIUMPHS". (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper. Rare as such.

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Motor-Boat Carnival... Golfing... Hunting by Auto...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 30, 1905 Front page illustration "Of Course" by W. A. Rogers; What Russia Has to Pay For; The Motor-Boat Carnival on the Hudson; Prominent Players in the Metropolitan Golf Association's Open Championship; How the Czar's Manifesto Was Received in Russia; Double page Photos, An Automobile Hunting Trip Through Maine and Canada;... See More  

Civil War era boxing and chess...

WILKES' SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, May 24, 1862.



* Boxing

* Chess



This newspaper, which was primarily a sporting newspaper, has a quite lengthy article headed: "The Ring in England" features the "Conclusion of a Fight Between Gannon and Hatton".  An additional subhead discusses a fight between Cook and Kenny.



Another article found within this issue and en... See More  

The Four Horsemen in 1951...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, February 14, 1951



* Notre Dame Fighting Irish

* Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake Lamotta



This 56 page newspaper has a one column heading at the bottom of the front page of the sport's section (page 45):"'4 Horsemen'---Today and in the 1920's" with two group photos of the famed football players from Notre Dame (see photos).



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Lee Bible's land speed record attempt disaster...

QUINCY EVENING NEWS, Mass., March 14 & 15, 1929



* Race car driver Lee Bible killed

* Land speed record attempt

* Ormond Beach, Florida



The sport's section (page 4) of the 14th issue has a one column heading: "Tragedy Again Mars Daytona Speed Trials" with subhead: "Lee Bible, Driver, and Pathe Camerman Killed. (see) You also get the March 15 issue which has a small ph... See More  

Stanford Cardinals Rose Bowl victory...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 3, 1928



* Rose Bowl: Stanford Cardinals vs. Pitt Panthers

* Emily Stevens death - stage & screen actress



The sport' section (page 20) has a banner headline: "Stanford Beats Pittsburgh, 7-6, on Wilton's Goal After Trailing on His Fumble" with subheads and lineup. (see) First report coverage on the Stanford Cardinals football team winning the... See More  

Nile Kinnick and Iowa Hawkeyes...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 23, 1940



* Nile Kinnick All-star votes

* Iowa Hawkeyes - NCAA college football



This 40 page newspaper has small one column headings in the sport's section (page 25): "Kinnick Leads In Poll" "Iowa Halfback Has Most Votes for All-Star Eleven" See photo for brief text here.



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Chicago Cubs win 1938 NL pennant....

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, October 2, 1938



* Chicago Cubs win NL pennant

* MLB - Major League Baseball



The top of page 12 has a banner headline: "CUBS WIN NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANT; BEAT CARDS, 10 TO 3" with subhead, box scores and related photo. (see) First report coverage on the 1938 Chicago Cubs winning the National League pennant.

Complete with 50+ pages, partially loose and some... See More  

4th Masters golf tournament.... Byron Nelson photo...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 3, 1937



* Fourth Masters Tournament (day 2)

* Byron Nelson and Bobby Jones photos

* Augusta National Golf Club - Georgia



The front page of the sport's section (page 21) has a seven column heading: "Byron Nelson Holds Masters Golf Lead With 138" with subheads. First report coverage on day 2 of the 1937 Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia co... See More  

Ty Cobb...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, June 7, 1946



* Baseball great Ty Cobb

* In a Detroit paper



This 42 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page:

"Ty Cobb Stricken Here" with subhead: "Throat Infection Serious"  See photos for text here. Nice headline on the front page may only be found in a Detroit paper.



Other news, sports and advertisements of the d... See More  

Mark Twain ad....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 1, 1909  There is a color cover on this issue.The front page of this issue has a photo of "The Man Who Raised the Price of Bread."



This issue has a photo of "A Star in the Making" which is of Miss Helen Ware, and there is an article of called "How Canada Started the Marathon Craze" by William Hemmingway. There are also i... See More  

Racehorse Phar Lap death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 7, 1932



* Phar Lap death

* Australian racehorse



The sport's section (page 31) has one column headings that include: "SEARCH FOR POISON IN PHAR LAP'S DEATH" "Federal and University of California Analysts Begin Investigation on Coast" "Food Will Be Inspected" and more. See images for text here.

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President Roosevelt....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 7, 1907  There is a front page photo, "One of Mrs. Russell Sage's Simpler Charities." There is an article of "Preserving the Public Lands" by C. H. Forbes-Lindsay with photo. There are more photos of "Laying the Corner-Stone of the Peace Palace at the Hague"; "President Roosevelt Speaking at Provinc... See More  

Famous post Civil War 1865 baseball game

NEW YORK HERALD, October 31, 1865 



* Brooklyn Atlantics

* Philadelphia Athletics

* Famous post civil war Baseball game



On page 5 under "The National Game" is a report: "The Great Match Between the Atlantics And Athletics In Philadelphia--The Atlantics The Victors."



Has a summary of the game which mentions that: "...The Atlantics were skunked once, and the ... See More  

Democratic Nominee for President--Woodrow Wilson....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 13, 1912



This issue has a color cover sheet over it and the front page of this issue has a photo called "Woodrow Wilson--Democratic Nominee for President."



In this issue there is an article of "The Democratic National Convention" and there is an illustration by Kemble called "'Ready to Ride and Spread the Alarm Through Every Mi... See More  

Game of the Century... Norte Dame vs. Ohio Buckeyes...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, November 2, 1935



* GAME OF THE CENTURY ?

* Ohio State vs. Notre Dame (day of)

* Famous comeback win (pre-game)



The front page of the sport's section has a nice banner headline: "NOTRE DAME BATTLES OHIO BEFORE 80,000" with subheads and lineups. (see) This would be the famous game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Ohio State Buckeyes. This g... See More  

3000 hits for "Big Poison"... with a photo...

NEW YORK TIMES, NY, June 20, 1942 



* Paul Waner (Big Poison)

* Boston Braves - 3,000 hit with photo



This 28 page newspaper has a page 17 , two line, 1 column headline: "Waner Of Braves Gets 3,000th Hit" & subheads: "Seventh Big Leaguer to Reach Mark--Pirates win in 11th, 7-6, on Elliot's 2d Homer" & more.



The summary highlights Waner's feat mentioning,... See More  

Amelia Earhart... Grover Cleveland Alexander...

LIBERTY magazine, New York, April 8, 1939. This is the complete issue of this popular title with a nice color cover showing a young couple with a box of chocolates and she is giving a chocolate to her dog (see photo). The back page has a nice color ad for Coco Cola.  Includes a stories entitled "Lady with Wings - The Life Story of My Wife, Amerlia Earhart, part 5" and "Pitchers Are Siss... See More  

Babe Ruth boxing photo...

NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, February 12, 1928



* Unusual Babe Ruth photo

* Boxing as part of his training



The back page of this section has a unusual photo showing Babe Ruth sparring as part of his training for the upcoming season. Also an article headed: "Ruth Anticipates His Greatest Year" with subheads. (see) This was when Babe Ruth was at his prime in his career.

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Overland mailcoach crossing the Rocky Mountains...

HARPER'S WEEKLY,  New York, February 8, 1868   The front cover illustration is entitled "Please Give Me a Penny, Sir!" and also has a commentary on the inside page in regards to the New York charities of the times. A full page "Art Schools of New York" shows 5 scenes. Great full page "Overland Mailcoach Crossing the Rocky Mountains--Scene in Guy's Gu... See More  

Ace Bailey fractures skull in NHL Hockey game...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 13, 1933



* Irvine Wallace "Ace" Bailey

* Toronto Maple Leafs player

* NHL Hockey - skull fracture



The front page of the sport's section has a one column heading: "TORONTO PLAYER SERIOUSLY HURT IN HOCKEY ROW" (see) First report coverage on Toronto Maple Leafs player, Ace Bailey, being hit from behind by Eddie Shore and fracturing his s... See More  

Alexander Alekhine wins chess tournanment...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 7, 1937



* Alexander Alekhine wins in chess

* International masters' tournament

* Russian and French chess grandmaster



The sport's section (page 26) has a two column heading: "Alekhine Wins First Chess Prize, With Fine Runner-Up at Hastings" with subhead and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular eve... See More