Lot 62. 13 Autographs of 12 St. Louis Browns. The signatures are by Hank Arft, Ned Garver, Joe Grace, Don Gutteridge, Bill Jennings, Chet Laabs, Don Lenhardt, George McQuinn, Joe Schultz, Roy Sievers and Zack Taylor and Al “Zeke” Zarilla. Six are on the first title page of the 1991 hardcover book “The 1922 St. Louis Browns: Best of the American League’s Worst” by Roger A. Godin. Published without a dust jacket, the book is fine. Arft (Browns player 1948-52), Gutteridge (1942-45), Jennings (1951), Lenhardt (1950-53), Schultz (1943-48) and Sievers (1949-53) placed mint 9 to gem mint 10 signatures in the book. The page is signed also by St. Louis sportswriters Bob Broeg and Neal Russo and St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Tom Poholsky. Garver (1948-52) signed a 1951 souvenir program for “Ned Garver Day” in Defiance, OH, and an accompanying schedule. Both signatures are mint 9 to gem mint 10. The four other players signed various media: Joe Grace (1938-41, 1946), 2” x 3” card with his photo added, nm 7. Chet Laabs (1939-46), 3.75” x 6” Jack Sords newspaper cartoon, nm-m 8 to mint 9. George McQuinn (1938-45), 3.75” x 6.5” photo from “Baseball Digest,” nm-m 8 to mint 9 autograph. Taylor (manager, 1946 and 1948-51), mint 9 at the end of a two-page baseball resume. And Zarilla (1943-44, 1946-49), 1985 TCMA 1948 Play Ball card, mint 9. Five of these players had some role in the Browns’ lone American League Championship season (1944), and Taylor was a coach. All of these individuals are deceased. PSA/DNA Pre-Certified. Winning Bid $25.
