Nebraska Indians advertisement

[slidekellyslide]

Interesting ad I found where Guy Green is advertising for players for his Nebraska Indians team. He says at the bottom of the ad that he will give a free 4 color team postcard to anyone who gives him a lead on a player...I imagine it must have been this postcard.



Link to the ad:

http://books.google.com/books?id=2b8...0%2C319&edge=0

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Actually I figured out how to embed it, but it's kind of small.



Found another...this one for the 1906 season

[perezfan]

"Absolutely sober and gentlemanly both on and off the field"... guess this would rule out many of today's best players!

Seriously... I can't imagine a time when a free postcard was enough of an incentive for anyone to provide viable leads on a potential player. Nowadays of course, this rare vintage postcard is stunning... but back in the day, seems like very little payoff for lots of effort!

[Oldtix]

Great piece, Dan!

Can you identify the tribe that blonde-headed fellow on the front row hails from?

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Originally Posted by Oldtix

Great piece, Dan!

Can you identify the tribe that blonde-headed fellow on the front row hails from?

That blonde-headed fellow would go on to be one of the most famous boxing announcers in the history of the sport...he is now in the Boxing Hall of Fame. His name is Dan Tobey and he hails from Ulysses, Nebraska. If you've seen any boxing movie pre-1950 chances are he was in it as the ring announcer.

[FourStrikes]

wondering if Guy Green's "free postcard" offer was still on the table in 1912-1913, and whether any of the players depicted on this postcard were a direct result of the solicited "leads".