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Posted By: <b>Scott</b><p>No, not the movie.. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><BR><BR>Thought I would share another piece of my collection that I don't believe is too common.<BR><BR>I'm not a huge baseball guide collector but I did happen across this many years back.<BR><BR>I am told that its missing its cover but I've never seen another to compare it with so who knows...<BR><BR>Enjoy!<BR><BR>Scott<BR><BR><A HREF="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/phlflyer1/baseball/Misc/BullDurham_Cover.JPG">Bull Durham Front</A><BR><A HREF="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/phlflyer1/baseball/Misc/BullDurham_Inside.JPG">Bull Durham Inside</A><BR><BR>

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Posted By: <b>Scott</b><p>Just to share a little more about this guide.. my favorite section is a couple of pages describing Bull Durham Tobacco Companies "Hit the Bull" contest which they sponsered across various minor league ball parks.<BR><BR>They put up bull shaped advertising signs and offered<BR>$50.00 to each player who hit a home run off of their sign as well as 5 pounds of their product to any player who hit a home run in one of the parks where the sign was displayed.<BR><BR>The company reports having given out $700.00 to players hitting the bull for the 1909 season which was a decent sum Im sure for the time but I imagine they made out quite nicely with all of the advertising and excitement this must have generated at the ballparks.<BR>

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Posted By: <b>Eric Angyal</b><p>Anybody know the scoop on his name?<BR><BR>Eric

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Posted By: <b>John(z28jd)</b><p>Bull Durham from the T206 sets actual name was Louis Rapheal Staub.Ive never read anywhere,where it said how he got his name,just how good a pitcher he was in the minors and apparently he was a pretty good actor after his baseball days were over.Its just a guess but he probably got the nickname from the tobacco that bears the same name,that would only make sense

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Posted By: <b>Lee Behrens</b><p>What is up with this price?<BR><BR><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31718&item=2778087 430&ssPageName=STRK:MEBWA:IT" target=_new>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31718&item=2778087 430&ssPageName=STRK:MEBWA:IT</a><BR><BR>

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Posted By: <b>runscott</b><p>They were published only in 1910 and 1911, and were offered for a nickel by the Bull Durham tobacco company. Although more difficult to locate than Spaldings, there was one on ebay this week (with a cover) and I see them in major auctions 2-3 times per year. They usually sell for about 2-3 X what Spaldings go for. Very colorful covers and very similar format to the Spalding guides.<BR><BR>Bob Crestohl sells a guide that has these and most of the other t206-era publications listed, but it's old and the prices are out of date - still, a handy item for guide collectors.

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Posted By: <b>T206 Collector</b><p>Bull Durham <BR>Louis Raphael Durham <BR>born Louis Raphael Staub <BR><BR>Bats Right, Throws Right <BR>Height 5' 10" <BR> Debut September 15, 1904 <BR>Born June 27, 1877 in New Oxford, PA <BR>Died June 28, 1960 in Bentley, KS <BR> <BR><BR>

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Posted By: <b>Jimmy Scott Elkins</b><p>Regarding the price on the SCD 3 Durham! Hell, I didn't get that much out of a VG example I sold with a blank back a few years ago! Maybe we are all collecting the wrong cards??? - Don't go after the Cobbs, Jackson, and Matty's - go after the Bull!

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Posted By: <b>Scott</b><p>I found a site that is selling the guide and it has the original <A HREF="http://www.sportsartifacts.com/pub1910bd.JPG">cover</A> that I'm missing...<BR><BR>Boy, you are right runscott... the cover is very nice. Wish I still had it to go with mine!<BR><BR>Enjoy,<BR><BR>Scott

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Posted By: <b>Scott</b><p>If you click on the link I found to one for sale with the original cover(post above this one), you'll see a nice picture of the bull advertising sign I mentioned at the beginning of the thread....

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Posted By: <b>Julie</b><p>but your guide appears to be in better condition otherwise. I wonder how many batters hit the bull!<BR><BR>Are you going to post a tiny, tiny Radbourne flipping the bird for me? I guess--somehow--the scan got very big--i don't understand, because the rest of my Old Judge scans are about twice Old Judge size. Can you ensmallen it?

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Posted By: <b>Scott</b><p>I took Radbourne off of his steroids... Its at the same link but in the new and improved compact size!<BR><BR><A HREF="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/phlflyer1/baseball/Misc/Radbourne_finger.JPG">Mini Radbourne flipping the bird</A>

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Posted By: <b>Lee Behrens</b><p>I have Ken Burnes "Baseball" book and it has a nice team photo in it with him flying the bird, he obviously enjoyed doing it.

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Posted By: <b>Julie</b><p>from SABR, on page 52, he's doing the same in a photo of the Beaneaters and New York, 1886. Maybe he liked to show off his extraordinarily long fingers! It's so nice how he has his other hand on a teammate's shoulder (who's smiling at the attention)!<BR><BR>This book contains literally hundreds of fine photos of 19th century teams, individual players and a few cards as well, starting with the 1848 daguerreotype of six members of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York. My edition is about worn out; maybe I can order a new one.<BR> <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Julie</b><p>and it's out of print! GRAM.