Lot 293. 1942 Baltimore-Newark Scorecard Signed by HoFer Bob Lemon (at Third Base), 27 Others. This four-panel, eight-page International League scorecard, approximately 10” x 28” when fully opened, presents 35 autographs by 28 different players, including Bob Lemon, the future Hall of Fame pitcher who played third base in 1942 for the Orioles. All of the signatures, authenticated by Kevin Keating, are in pencil. Generally, they display as nm 7. The Lemon autograph is one of few that could be displayed individually. Lemon hit 21 home runs and batted .268 as his team’s regular third baseman. Besides Lemon, the program is signed by 17 Orioles and 10 Newark Bears: Joe Becker, Peter Center, Hank Edwards, Ray Flanigan, Del Jones, Charles Langgood, Leslie McGarity, Russ Niller, Bill Rabe, Bob Repass, Sherry Robertson, Eddie Robinson, Ted Sepkowski, Harold Sieling, George Staller, Ken Trinkle and Dick Waldt for Baltimore and Joe Abreu, Johnny Babich, Tommy Byrne, Milo Candini, Lloyd Christopher, Gene Corbett, Al Gerheauser, Randy Gumpert, Bud Metheny and Steve Roser for Newark. Twenty-one of these signers played in the majors. The panels of the scorecard are largely separated, but still holding together. The scorecard front has a vg appearance.
Winning Bid $68.
Lot 374. Calvin Griffith Signed 1947 Typed Note on Washington Senators’ Stationery. Born Calvin Robertson, he was the nephew of Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith, who raised the boy from the age of 11. Griffith adopted Calvin after the boy’s father died. Calvin worked for the Senators organization, and when the elder Griffith died in 1955, Calvin inherited the team, which he moved to Minnesota in 1961. He sold the team in 1984. Griffith died in 1999. Born in Canada, he was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010. His signature, as the Senators’ vice president, is mint 9 to gem mint 10 at the close of a letter on 8.5” x 4.75” stationery. In the letter, he tells a writer that Senators team jackets are not for sale. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $35.
