1914-1915 Federal League

[bn2cardz]

I have a friend that works for the St. Louis Cardinals organization as their Museum Curator. Last night at softball he was telling me that he met I guy that I would be interested in meeting. He is Phil Ball's great grandson. Phil Ball was the owner of the St. Louis Terriers Federal League team prior to owing the St. Louis Browns.

My friend said during the meeting he was shown a St. Louis Terriers final out ball inscribed by Phil Ball, as well as some other original St. Louis Terriers memorabilia (and St. Louis Browns). My friend sees great things as the curator of the St. Louis Cardinals museum all the time, but even he was astonished to see there was some Federal League stuff out there. As of now this stuff will remain with the family, though there are talks of possibly having it loaned to a museum in the future (no plans of yet).

I hope to meet this gentleman some day and see his family collection, but even if I don't, knowing it is surviving out there is very cool.

I was curious to see if anyone has any Federal League stuff.

My lone survivor is this Ward Miller photo from the Terriers:


PS I know this is memorabilia, but figured the home page would still work since there are some card sets with the Federal League represented.

[ngrow9]

I've got several Federal League pieces. They don't come up frequently, but do pop up from time to time if you keep your eyes peeled.

[matty39]

A few of my federal league things.

[Jay Wolt]

[Fred]

There was a Federal League player contract in the Barry Halper auction (seems like a long time ago).

[gonzo]

The T330-2 Piedmont Art Stamps were produced in 1914 and include several Federals (though in their older T205-picture uniforms).

I've attached scans of the ones I have. The Stovall is noteworthy because he was one of the first well-known players to jump to the Federals, and (along with Tinker a little later) he was a prime recruiter for the new league.

There are several Federals in the Cracker Jack sets, but I don't have any of those. Hopefully we'll see a few from folks who do.

[T206Collector]

One of the most beautiful cards in my signed pre-war card collection...

[Leon]

Originally Posted by gonzo

The T330-2 Piedmont Art Stamps were produced in 1914 and include several Federals (though in their older T205-picture uniforms).

I've attached scans of the ones I have. The Stovall is noteworthy because he was one of the first well-known players to jump to the Federals, and (along with Tinker a little later) he was a prime recruiter for the new league.

There are several Federals in the Cracker Jack sets, but I don't have any of those. Hopefully we'll see a few from folks who do.

Nice T330-2s.....Those are so fragile we almost never see them. Here is a Tinker (Ex- Federal League) N/B cut I used to own....

[matty39]

A complete set of 1915 federal league cracker jacks.

[edjs]

Here are a few T216 Federals. I probably have a few more.