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Multi-Sport Books and Grab Bags
7 Lots
 Lot 140. U. of Maryland Baseball and Lacrosse Memorabilia – 1918-19 Schedule, Etc. The university’s baseball program has produced a number of major leaguers. One of the most notable is Charlie Keller, outfielder for the New York Yankees from 1939-49. A .286 career batter who drove in more than 100 runs in five seasons, Keller played for Detroit in 1950 and 1951 and then concluded his career in New York in 1952. Keller is the subject of an article in the Sept.-Oct. 1948 issue of Maryland, the school’s alumni magazine, ex. Football is the subject of the magazine cover. A less-known major league player, Ray Knode, is among the Maryland players listed on a 1918-19 baseball schedule. Knode was a part-time first baseman for Cleveland, 1923-26. The 2 ½” x 4” 4-page schedule has damage to the upper, outer corner, including three small holes in the third and fourth pages. The school’s 1968 Baseball Guide (vg-ex) pictures Tom Bradley, who pitched for the Angels and Giants 1969-75. A basketball player, John H. Lucas, and a football player, Randy White, are the focus of 72-page program for the 25th Anniversary Banquet of the university’s M Club, ex-m. Lucas played in the NBA for 14 seasons and currently is an assistant coach with the LA Clippers. White is a pro and college Hall of Fame defensive lineman. Among others pictured are Bob Avellini and Frank Urso, who led the Terrapins to NCAA championships in lacrosse in 1973 and 1976. He is one of only four players in NCAA history to receive All-America honors in four seasons. Also, an eight-page 1968 Golf-Tennis Guide, ex, and the March 1985 Maryland Athletic Preview with All-American gymnast Jennifer Huff on the cover, ex-m. More than 130 items, primarily schedules, deal with lacrosse, including women’s lacrosse. Schedules are from 1987, 1991-94, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2004. There also are programs from 1991, 2000 and 2001. These items average nm. Also, a 1998 calendar with photos from various sports and 1935-36 and 1940-41 partially used ticket books for Maryland athletic events.
Winning Bid $20.
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 Lot 156. 15 Cards Covering Tennis, Soccer, Cricket, Boxing and the Olympics. Fourteen are British issues. The boxing card is #22 Billy Matthews from the 1929 Godfrey Phillips “Sporting Champions” set, ex. Godfrey Phillips is also the source of #6 featuring runner D. Lowe from the 1928 “Olympic Champions, Amsterdam 1928” set, f-g. Four soccer cards are from different sets, #31 T. Manley from 1939 Churchman “Association Footballers, 2nd Series,” ex-m+, #48 H. Hibbs from 1935 Ardath “Sports Champions” (two lines) g, #40 from Player 1934 “Hints on Association Football” g and #37, possibly from a Japanese issue, ex-m+. One tennis card, #17 Hardwick, is from the 1936 Player issue “Tennis,” ex, and six are from the 1938 Ardath “Tennis” set, #5 Landry vg-ex, 8 Lee ex-m, 12 Scriven vg, 32 James f-g, 44 Wilde vg and 46 Menzel f-g. Two sets provide the cricketers, the 1926 Wills New Zealand issue, #16 Watson nm-m and 18 Hallows ex-m+, and 1930 Sweetacre “Sports Champions” (“Champion Chewing Gum”) #48 Hird, vg. The Wills cricket cards feature real photos.
Minimum Bid $20.
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 Lot 161. 17 Books on Various Sports Topics – Birthdays, Black Athletes, Bowling and More! Softcovers unless otherwise noted. 1. Popular Sports: Their Origin and Development, Frank D. Collins, 1935, vg+ to ex hardcover, no dj. 2. The Tumult and the Shouting, Grantland Rice, 1954, vg-ex hardcover, vg dj. 3. Sport: A Philosophic Inquiry, Paul Weiss, 1969, g. 4. Eugene Lesser’s Sports Birthdays, 1985, nm. 5-6. AP Sports Almanac 1974, mint hardcover, vg-ex softcover. 7. AP Sports Almanac 1975, vg+. 8. Guiness Sports Record Book, Norris McWhirter, 1976, ex. 9. The Illustrated Sports Record Book, Zander Hollander, 1975, vg, writing on cover. 10. Behind Closed Doors, Bob Woolf, 1977, writing on cover. 11. Great Sports Reporting, Allen Kirschner, 1975, vg+. 12. The Black Athlete, Jack Orr, 1970, p, complete, no cover. 13. World’s Champs (Boxing), Lester Bromberg, 1958, g-vg, writing on cover. 14. Official NFL Record Book (1970 Edition), 1970, vg. 15. Amazing Bo Jackson, Randi Hacker, 1990, ex. 16. Guide to Natural Bowling, Victor Kalman, 1959, vg-ex. 17. 1976 Official (Softball) Guide, ex. Also, the Aug. 1947 Canadian Sports Digest with wrestler Whipper Billy Watson on the cover, ex.
Minimum Bid $7.
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 Lot 162. 9 Sports Books Including the Inaugural Encyclopedia of Sports by Frank G. Menke. The Encyclopedia, which grew over the decades, was first issued in 1939 as a self-published volume by the author. Later, A. S. Barnes served as the publisher. This initial 320-page hardback covers sports from angling to yachting, and baseball, football and other sports between. Tight vg-ex copy with the owner’s name in pencil on the flyleaf; no dj as issued. Among the other books are Best Sports Stories of 1945, Irving T. Marsh and Edward Ehre, 1946, vg-ex book, vg dj, and a paperback, NY Times Official Sports Record Book 1967, Frank Litsky, 1967, ex. The following paperbacks average ex: Tom Harmon’s Book of Sports Information (1963), The Book of Sports Lists (1979) and #2 (1980), The Sports Nostalgia Quiz Book #3 (1979), Guinness Sports Record Book (1976) and Ripley’s Believe It or Not Sports Oddities (1969).
Minimum Bid $15.
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 Lot 163. Multi-Sport Grab Bag – Clemens Hat, Football and Track & Field Labels, NFL Mug. 1. 8 ¾” x 12” Sunkist label featuring runners in a stadium, ex-m. 2. 9” x 9” football Champ Brand label for Louisiana sweet potatoes and yams, ex-m; 1920s-30s style football artwork. 3. 1969 NFL 50th anniversary 6 ¼” tall plastic insulated mug. Has logos of the NFL and AFL teams. 4. Boston baseball cap with a Roger Clemens facsimile autograph, nm-m.
Winning Bid $15.
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 Lot 164. Hockey, Football and Baseball Mini-Grab Bag. Hockey is represented by a complete vg to vg+ Monarch Official Hockey Puck box containing a vg-ex puck. The football entry is a 1951 Bowman card of #57 Jon Baker. The card has a number added to the back and otherwise is f-g. There are three Topps baseball cards from 1958, #223 vg-ex, 227 p, and 356 p, and four from 1959, #109 f, 244 (2) one g-vg and one f, and 251 Clete Boyer vg. One Topps card from 1957 and three each from 1958 and 1959 have writing on the back, typically a number or “TB.” The front of 1958T #238 Mazeroski grades vg-ex. The fronts of the others average g-vg.
Winning Bid $12.
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 Lot 165. Sports Grab Bag – Basketball, Football, Hockey, Olympics, Soccer and NASCAR. This collection comprises programs, cards and other memorabilia. Basketball: 1-2. 1976 and 1978 Harlem Globetrotters yearbooks, vg-ex. 3. Opened Coke can commemorating Villanova’s 1985 NCAA championship. 4. 175 1990s cards, many stars, from Hoops, Fleer and Skybox, average ex. Football: 5. McDonald’s History of the Super Bowl magazine-format publications, Vol. 1 (2), Vol. 2 (2) and Vol. 3 (3), vg. 6. 40 1986 Steelers Police cards, ex+ overall, six players including three Stallworth cards. Hockey: 7. Early 1980s Ponderosa Steakhouse 12 ½” x 19” poster of Pittsburgh’s Michel Dion, vg+. 8. Topps cards: six from 1975-76, 53 from 1976-77, six 1976-77 Inserts including #5 Dryden and 44 from 1979-80, average vg+ to ex. Soccer: 9. 1982 MISL Memphis at Pittsburgh program, vg-ex. Olympics: 10. Four 4” x 6” “Welcome” flags from the 1984 LA Olympics, vg+ to ex overall. NASCAR: 11. 1997 Pinnacle Jeff Gordon card, nm-m. Also, 11 Rocky II cards, ex. More than 350 individual items.
Winning Bid $30.
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