Raynors 2012-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/27/2012
A great early baseball letter, 6pp. 4to., written by a certain Howard Packard of Goshen [most likely Connecticut], Aug. 14, 1878 to a woman who stole his heart Mary, in part: "…thursday evening…another game of ball. My record [is the] poorest fielding of any one on the nine and so many errors that I could not keep an account. I was first at the bat however 5 runs and 1 out. Total nine for the nine 18 opponents 7...The boys are torturing me nearly to death about that game of ball, and they say that I must never take any more ladies if it has such an effect upon me as it had yesterday. Charlie Adams says we never played but one game that was more disgusting...I am very sorry that it should have been so for your sake. You are to blame for my poor play, I am glad to say...". Also included is an unsigned pencil note, purportedly in the hand of Hall of Famer ED BARROW, found between the pages of a personal scrap book. Not dated, it reads in full: "Int. League the Belgium of Baseball during Fed War-". Possibly referring to the Federal League of 1914 and the International League's stance on relating to Belgium's place in politics pre-World War I. Overall VG
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