October pickups

[eastonfalcon19]

1913 Sporting Life letter with Ty Cobb at the top.

[GrayGhost]

That letter is TEE RIFFIC Ronnie!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by eastonfalcon19

1913 Sporting Life letter with Ty Cobb at the top.

Very nice. I like how it says "accepted authority on base ball and trap shooting".

[slightlyrounded]

Thrilled to add another rookie-year hockey auto to my collection: an emergency US visa application (in lieu of passport) for a 21 year-old Maurice 'The Rocket' Richard. A week after this was signed he broke his wrist and ended up playing only 16 games in the 1942-43 season.

[daves_resale_shop]

Amazing Piece!!!!

Originally Posted by slightlyrounded

Thrilled to add another rookie-year hockey auto to my collection: an emergency US visa application (in lieu of passport) for a 21 year-old Maurice 'The Rocket' Richard. A week after this was signed he broke his wrist and ended up playing only 16 games in the 1942-42 season.

[Topnotchsy]

During WWII there was a big question about whether to continue Major League Baseball or to put it on hold. On one hand, resources were incredibly scarce. On the other hand, it provided a sense of comfort and a chance to get aware from the unbearably serious nature of what was going on. President Roosevelt famously sent the "Green Light Letter" to baseball commissioner Landis, telling them to continue playing.

Most of my WWII baseball collection is related to games by players who were drafted and playing for Military Bases, in Europe or in the Pacific Theatre (mostly Hawaii). This original newspaper drawing by cartoonist Bill Crawford (wiki link below) expresses public support for continued play.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Crawford_(cartoonist)

[perezfan]

Great piece Jeff.... sadly, this is such a lost art.

I suppose Sports Cartoonists have gone by the wayside with the demise of newspapers and magazines.

I especially love the works of Mullin, Gallo, Hubenthal and Olderman... and your Bill Crawford piece ranks right up there with all of them. Nice post!

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Great piece Jeff.... sadly, this is such a lost art.

I suppose Sports Cartoonists have gone by the wayside with the demise of newspapers and magazines.

I especially love the works of Mullin, Gallo, Hubenthal and Olderman... and your Bill Crawford piece ranks right up there with all of them. Nice post!

Thank you! I'm a sucker for original art (I often find myself looking at illustrations by Garth Williams and own a number of originals from the Little House on the Prairie books).

Was thrilled when an illustration that relates to my WWII collection came up on eBay.

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Great piece Jeff.... sadly, this is such a lost art.

I suppose Sports Cartoonists have gone by the wayside with the demise of newspapers and magazines.

I especially love the works of Mullin, Gallo, Hubenthal and Olderman... and your Bill Crawford piece ranks right up there with all of them. Nice post!

I just it in the mail and it is roughly 2 feet tall. Way larger than I had imagined. Wow...!

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by daves_resale_shop

Amazing Piece!!!!

+1 Agree and love the photo

[slightlyrounded]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

+1 Agree and love the photo

Thanks Jeff (and David)....this piece has a special meaning for me: The prior year (1941) my great uncle, also a 'Maurice', briefly centred a line with Richard / Blake in the Quebec Senior Hockey League for a couple of games. This was the farm team for the Canadiens for several years.

Ultimately he ended up heading south and playing professionally in the USHL (where he knocked a 17 y/o Gordie Howe out of a game with a stick to the head!) and later the PCHL.