Please post pictures of James O'Rourke baseball cards, photos and memorabilia

[sayhey24]

Here is O'Rourke's game used bat -- has his name stamped on both the knob and the other end, and is sidewritten with his full name.



Greg

[orator1]

Many thanks to everyone who posted. Great bat Greg and nice photo Brian. I've never seen either of those before. If anyone has other O'Rourke photos, memorabilia, etc., please post them. I appreciate it!
Paul C.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Here's an 1873 image of O'Rourke...............

[orator1]

Are there any bat experts out there who could estimate the time period of the bat posted above? Greg informed me that the sidewriting can no longer be seen (it's just too light), and that there is no center label.

[ghostmarcelle]

I'm not sure if this one has been shown or not

[orator1]

Thanks Matt for posting the Joseph Hall cabinet. The quality of your image is much better than the one I have.

I'm also looking for a good image of his 1886 J. Wood cabinet. Heritage sold one in 2009 but the image quality isn't that great.

http://sports.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleN...No=81009#Photo

[orator1]

Here is an item that has never been posted before. It's the 1889 report card of Jim O'Rourke's daughter Sarah, my great-grandmother. It was mixed in with a box of family photographs (not well protected), and I saw it over Thanksgiving for the first time when we were looking through photos. I was pleasantly surprised to see that Jim O'Rourke signed the report card.

I like the comment in the "Explanations" section: "Any number below 70 should cause solicitude to the parent". I had to brush up on my vocabulary...from Websters: "solicitude is a feeling of excessive concern, an uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good, anxiety".

We also have a couple pieces of silverware that have Sarah's initials, "S.OR", on the handle.

[oldjudge]

This scorecard is from the May 7, 1880 match between the Boston and Troy (the date says May 11 but Troy came in for a three game series and for some reason this scorecard was used to score the first game which was Friday's). 1880 was the only year that Jim O'Rourke and his brother John played on the same major league team. In the Boston lineup Jim is batting second and John is batting third. This scorecard is also significant in that for Troy Roger Connor is playing in his fourth major league game and Mickey Welch is starting his second major league game.