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Lot 125: Two 1911 "El Score" Cuban Baseball Newspapers with Joe Tinker & Wee Willie Keeler Covers

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $100.00
Winning Bid: $221.24
Price Realized: $264.38
Auction Date:4/28/2006 9:00 PM EST

El Score from December 11, 1911 with Keeler on the cover. Back cover has scored game between the NY Giants featuring Mathewson and Habana Park. Interior features box score with a very young Cristobal Torriente. Also has box score featuring Habana team with Pete Hill, Bruce Petway, Pop Lloyd, Home Run Johnson and Armando Marsans (what a team!). Also, an "El Score" from September 23, 1911 with Joe Tinker on the cover. Interior features box scores of many Negro League teams who barnstormed through Cuba: Cuban Stars with Mendez, Bustamante, Pedroso, Chacon; Chicago American Giants with Hill, Grant, Monroe and Wickware; Brooklyn Royal Giants etc. Includes box score of Amateur Championship Game between Marianao and Vedado, featuring a young Adolfo Luque. Section dedicated to coverage of Marsans and Almeida in the Majors. Condition of both programs is EX; both have some light toning on the cover.

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