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1884 Wright & Ditson Scorecard Featuring the Major League Union Associ-ation.
Lot 232. 1884 Wright & Ditson Scorecard Featuring the Major League Union Associ-ation. The scorecard promotes Wright & Ditson’s “Regulation League Ball.” According to the scorecard, the ball, which is pictured in a drawing, was used by the College and Union Association Clubs, the Massachusetts State League and the Eastern College League. The Union Association was a one-year major league that provided the first serious challenge to baseball’s reserve clause. It folded after one season for financial reasons resulting, in part, from a lack of competitiveness among the league’s teams and the defection of a key financial backer to the National League. Future Hall of Fame contributor George Wright headed the Boston team in the Union Association, and he also was the “Wright” in Wright & Ditson. Neatly scored and ex.
Winning Bid $152.
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