"The Steele Box" - 1880's / 1890's Baseball

[Mforder]

This appears to be a signed letter from a Rich Cogan (Dick Cogan, Richard Henry Cogan) who later went on to become a professional baseball player. in the NL He played during the late 1890's and played for the New York Giants, Baltimore Orioles and also the Chicago Orphans.

[ooo-ribay]

Penmanship is definitely a lost art, huh?

[Mforder]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Penmanship is definitely a lost art, huh?

It sure is, I think some may not even be able to read this at all.

[Mforder]

This letters looks to be a letter from a friend from the NY Evening Post. There a bit about the NY Giants, and the Beaneaters as well a mention of Tim Keefe who apparently was a pitcher for the NY Giants 1891.

I have no idea this George "G. W' D." is but appears that he was right gin going with the "Beaneaters".

[Mforder]

Toward the bottom of this letter the sender seems to be excited about the game between the Phillies and Brooklyn, apparently 5 Home Runs in one game must have been a big deal.

[Mforder]

Not too bad at back then compared to what that 1888 ball would sell for today.

[Mforder]

Payment to the Sussex Agricultural Society for the use of grounds for the Newton Baseball Club baseball games.

[Mforder]

These envelopes contain hand written receipts, store receipts and so on for purchases for the Newton Baseball Club, circa late 1880's.

[bgar3]

Mark,
Thank you. I don’t think any of us anticipated how much stuff you have and we appreciate your efforts in posting.

[Mforder]

Originally Posted by bgar3

Mark,
Thank you. I don’t think any of us anticipated how much stuff you have and we appreciate your efforts in posting.

You're welcome bgar3. I also appreciate what you and the rest are sharing wit me. There is a lot. I have more that I will get to soon but I am getting closer to being done.

[Mforder]

This as you can see did not fair well in the box. It was found near the area in the box where most of the damage was done by being in that damp bank basement. The catalogue is extremely fragile but you can see most pages. I cannot tell the date of this catalogue but I want to list it here because of the baseballs and bases section.

[Mforder]

Letter from the Active Athletic Club, Paterson, NJ trying to get dates setup for play the Newton Baseball Club.

[Mforder]

These are a few of the checks that I have found so far that are related to baseball and the Newton Base Ball Club.

[doug.goodman]

Wow.

What great stuff, I particularly enjoy the things related to Treasurer Goodman, since I'm an accountant.

[Mforder]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Wow.

What great stuff, I particularly enjoy the things related to Treasurer Goodman, since I'm an accountant.

Glad youv'e enjoyed it. The box has a ton more (not baseball related) that are banking and accounting related. I'm asl glad to hear that there was something that crossed over into baseball with your last name on it. Small world...

[Mforder]

I was gong to try to post every page but it's just too much to do. Instead I will pick out a few pages and let folks ask me for others if they want to see them.


Pay careful attention to image in this post. There you find a list of things that this booklet/schedule has to offer. The booklet is about 6" x 3" and it contains white a bit of things in such a small package.

- NL and American Associations Schedules
- Some woodcut images of players
- Advertisements
- Players League
- University teams, Harvard, Princeton, Yale
- College Team
- Rules, statistics, other
-...and more

Here is the table of contents. Hopefully you can read it. If not please let me know.

[Mforder]

Here we go.... I will post each image separately. Hence the 32(a), 32(b) and so on.

Comments are more than welcome.

[Mforder]

Meet Mr. Morse

[Mforder]

Pay careful attention to the names here... John B. Day, Spaulding, and more. Also look at the "Associations" list.

[Mforder]

Dennis Brouthers (woodcut) - Leading batsman of the league

[Mforder]

Boston Schedule

[bgar3]

Good stuff, as you know. Thanks for still putting them up. Morse is in great shape.

[Mforder]

Hi ya bgar3,

You're welcome! I will probably add a few more images today. Just need to find a little bit of time. Hopefuly there are some requests from other members asking for some of the pages. Please know that they will be in no particular order.

Thanks again,

---Mark

[Mforder]

I was wondering if I should post the Morse's schedule as a different thread. What does anyone, everyone think?

[Mforder]

Michael J. Kelly or should I say "King" Kelly elected into the Base Ball Hall of Fame in 1945.

[Leon]

This thread was moved to the front page section so a few more enthusiasts can see it. Quite a remarkable box!

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[Yoda]

Originally Posted by Mforder

There is no year on this letter but I believe this letter predates Item #14 that is from the same person mentioned in the Fort Stanton letter.

Look at the beautiful script handwriting on this letter and compare it to the so-called scribbles called autographs on modern basketball cards. What a difference 125 years makes.

[Mforder]

Originally Posted by Leon

This thread was moved to the front page section so a few more enthusiasts can see it. Quite a remarkable box!

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Hi Leon, Thht was very kind of you to do that. Thank you!

[Mforder]

Originally Posted by Yoda

Look at the beautiful script handwriting on this letter and compare it to the so-called scribbles called autographs on modern basketball cards. What a difference 125 years makes.

It sure does make a difference. Some of the pieces in the box are amazing. I can't post them here since they do not relate to Base Ball. I want to be sure I follow the rules of this board. I'm grateful to be able to share what's in the box.

[Mforder]

1889 Champion Results

[ullmandds]

incredible stuff!

[Mforder]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

incredible stuff!

Glad you like it. It's definitely more tan I though. This is also just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many other pieces of paper that fall into other categories. I also have bags of things I still need to go through but I believe most of the BB items have been uncovered I think.

---Mark

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Pennant Winners

List of players who have helped to win more than one Championship.

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John J. Clarkson - Leading pitcher of 1989. Elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1963.

[Mforder]

New York Players' League Club schedule.

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Patsy Donovan
P. J. Donovan
Patrick Joseph Donovan

[Mforder]

Yale University Base Ball schedule - 1890

[Mforder]

League Pitchers Record

[Mforder]

Brooklyn and Buffalo's Players League Schedule