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Baseball Programs, Yearbooks and Tickets
4 Lots
 Lot 214. 1933 Washington at New York World Series Program Scored for Game 2. The Giants’ Hal Schumacher limited the Senators to five hits in a 6-1 win that gave New York a two-game lead in the series. The Giants captured the World Championship in five games; only the first two games were played at the Polo Grounds. The 20-page oversized (9 ¼” x 11”) program is neatly scored. It was vertically folded and has a ¼” tears along the top and bottom edges, a tiny corner chip on the front and creases in the corners. The covers and pages are clean. The pages picture a host of Hall of Fame players and executives: Bill Terry, Carl Hubbell, Mel Ott, Travis Jackson, Joe Cronin, Heine Manush, Goose Goslin, Sam Rice, Judge Landis, William Harridge, John McGraw and Clark Griffith. Moe Berg, Nick Altrock and Al Schacht are also shown with the Senators. The front cover displays well with excellent period graphics.
Winning Bid $150.
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 Lot 215. 12 American League Season Passes, 1946, 1947-56, 1958 and 1959. These passes, all with the facsimile signature of A.L. president Wm Harridge, entitled the holder and a friend to attend games in every American League park. Printed on heavy paper, they are 2 ¾” x 4 ¼” and have the years embossed. The 1946 pass is vg-ex. The others range from ex to nm-m. The 1953 pass has a small area of stray ink, and several have a very slight bow, apparently a result of the embossing process. What fun it must have been to have these and watch Williams in Boston, DiMaggio and Mantle in New York, and other stars of the era.
Winning Bid $168.
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 Lot 216. 1949 Brooklyn Dodgers Yearbook with Jackie Robinson. This version of the yearbook has a generic Dodger against Ebbets Field on the cover and devotes one-half of page 19 to the barrier-busting star. Don Newcombe and Carl Erskine are rookies in this 48-page yearbook, and Chuck Connors is among the “Future Dodgers.” Pee Wee Reese, Gil Hodges, Roy Campanella, Carl Furillo and Duke Snider are pictured. Ex yearbook with a crease in the upper right corner and a ¼” split along the top of the spine.
Winning Bid $83.
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 Lot 217. 7 Complete Issues of The Police Gazette with Significant Baseball Content. Six issues are from the 1920s, when the weekly was known as The National Police Gazette, and one is from 1931. These tabloids, printed on quality paper, appeal to sports and non-sport collectors alike. Each has 16 or more 11” x 15 ½” pages, with many devoted to pictures of athletes, actresses or other celebrities. For each issue, we’ve listed the primary baseball content (full page unless otherwise noted) plus other notable entries: 1. June 19, 1920. “Pitching Stars of the A.L.,” including Ruth, Walter Johnson. Man-O’-War photo. Two pages of Mack Sennett bathing beauties. 2. July 17, 1920. “Cleveland ‘Indians’ Setting Great Pace in the A.L. Pennant Race.” Also, photos of Man-O’-War, Rogers Hornsby and Warren G. Harding, and two pages on track and field. 3. Aug. 28, 1920. “Brooklyn’s Efficient Representatives in Pennant Race,” including Wheat. Two pages on the Olympics, including two photos of Duke Kahanamoku, one of Irene Guest, and other swimmers. Full pages devoted to Wimbledon, including Tilden, and the Tommy Burns-Joe Beckett fight. More bathing beauties. 4. Jan. 22, 1921. Quarter-page photo of Cobb signing for the 1921 season for $30,000. Photo of Celtics of New York, U.S. champion basketball team. Three-fourths page on the Frank Moran-Joe Beckett fight. One-half page on Joe Lynch, bantamweight champion. Silent film actress Mary Thurman is on the front page. 5. April 23, 1921. “Diamond Stars, Old and New, in the Yankees’ Line-Up,” including Ruth, Huggins and Schang. Photo of Ruth golfing with Hoyt, others, and a photo of golfer Joyce Wethered. Full page on welterweight boxing champion Jack Britton; also, photos of Carpentier, Tendler. 6. Oct. 30, 1926. Two-page spread on the World Series involving the Cardinals and Yankees, including Ruth, Alexander, Hornsby. Two-thirds page with golfers Glenna Collett, Virginia Wilson. Photos of Red Grange (non-sport), Clara Bow, pro and college football. 7. Nov. 7, 1931. Two-page spread on the Cardinals-Athletics World Series including Mack, Pepper Martin, Cochrane, Foxx, others. Full page on the Sharkey-Carnera fight. Photos of golfer Helen Hicks, actress Lilyan Tashman on the front cover. These seven issues are very clean and average ex-m. Three issues were folded horizontally. There are occasional border or corner creases and a couple of tiny tears and stains.
Winning Bid $72.
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