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Pre-1950 Football - Thorpe, Grange, Oorangs, Baugh, Etc.
8 Lots
 Lot 1. Circa 1923 Oorang Comments Catalog with Thorpe, the NFL, Ty Cobb and Airedales. One of sports history’s more unusual alliances was forged in 1921 between football star Jim Thorpe and Walter Lingo, who sold Airedale dogs out his Oorang Kennels in LaRue, OH. Thorpe agreed that if Lingo purchased a National Football League franchise, he would put together a team of Indians who would play other NFL teams and help to run the kennels. The team, the Oorang Indians, played all their games on the road and promoted Lingo’s dogs in the process. After two lackluster seasons, the team folded. Thorpe is pictured frequently in the 192-page 5 ½” x 7 ¾” softcover catalog. Pete Calc, a Thorpe teammate at Carlisle, also is shown; Calc joined Thorpe is establishing the Oorang team. Also pictured are the Oorang team, Joe Guyon, photos of baseball stars such as Ty Cobb, Nick Altrock and Tris Speaker, and several other celebrities. The catalog has some residue on the front cover, which is loosely attached to the pages. Complete with vg-ex pages.
Winning Bid $65.
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 Lot 2. Scarce 1926 Program for the Bucknell at Haskell Indian School Football Game. In the 1920s, the Haskell Institute of Lawrence, KS, was the world’s largest Indian school, and it fielded some formidable football teams. For example, the 1926 team crushed Bucknell, 26-0. At least two members of the team played in the NFL, Mayes McLain (McClain in the program) and Joe Pappio. McClain played halfback as Chief McLain for the Portsmouth Spartans in 1930 and 1931. Pappio was a lineman for the Oorang Indians in 1923 and the Chicago Bears in 1930. Two members of the 1926 team earned All-America honors – McLain at fullback and Ted Roebuck at tackle. The 48-page program is vg+ and pictures players for Haskell and Bucknell. There also are profiles of a couple of Native American families. Bucknell’s Felix McCormick, who is pictured, also made it to the NFL, with Orange in 1929 and Newark in 1930.
Minimum Bid $65.
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 Lot 3. 1923 Illinois at Ohio State Football Program with Red Grange. Interesting cover graphics depict an Ohio State player wearing a red friction jersey. Inside are 48 pages of advertisements, player photos and football and other information. Among the players pictured is Grange, as well as All-American Jim McMillen, captain of the Illini. The program has also a picture of the Ohio State freshman squad, and future All-American Ed Hess is listed on a roster of “Promising Freshmen.” The front and back covers are attached to each other and have a 1 ½” split along the spine; they are detached from the pages, and there is minor writing inside the back cover. Vg covers and pages, except for the center spread, which is torn and missing the top half. The starting lineups for both teams are present. Illinois won this game, 9-0, at OSU to conclude an 8-0 season and capture a share, with Michigan, of the mythical national collegiate championship.
Winning Bid $90.
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 Lot 4. 1938 Green Bay Packers and Big 10 Football Schedules. As an NFL team, the Packers were only 17-years-old in 1938, and their stars included Arnie Herber, Don Hutson, Clarke Hinkle and Cecil Isbell. The team had an excellent season, winning the Western Division with an 8-3 record, but lost the title game to the New York Giants. Issued in Green Bay, the 2 ¾” x 5 ½” two-panel schedule lists Big 10 games inside and Packers games on the back. There also is advertising for various Green Bay area businesses. Technically vg-ex because of a relatively light vertical crease.
Minimum Bid $75.
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 Lot 5. Sammy Baugh Lobby Card for the 1941 Movie Series King of the Texas Rangers. The Hall of Fame quarterback starred in this 12-part serial from Republic Pictures. The 11” x 14” color lobby card is for Chapter 1 of the serial, “The Fifth Column Strikes.” It show Baugh, playing a character named Tom King Jr., about to release a pass. When his father is killed by foreign saboteurs, King (Baugh) leaves college and joins the Texas Rangers so that he can avenge his father’s death. Vg-ex lobby card with a small piece of tape on the back for no apparent reason. Comes with a Baugh autograph on an unlined card. Autograph authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $185.
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 Lot 6. Early 1900s Leather Elbow Pads in a Package Featuring Vintage Football Artwork. Unused “Seal-Brand” elbow or kneed pads from the Brown Co. of Boston in a 5 ¾” x 8” glassine envelope that depicts three young football players wearing neckties. The pads are mint and the envelope, which has two tears and some creases at the right, displays very well. Excellent period equipment and display item!
Minimum Bid $75.
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 Lot 7. Football Grab Bag of Early Postcards, Photos and Other Items. A leather postcard with a 1906 copyright shows a melon football and says “Heres (sic) Something to Kick About.” Vg-ex with stitching missing along the top and bottom; central area of the card is very nice. A second postcard, a real-photo example, shows what appears to be a 1920s football game, vg+. Football action is captured in a 2 ¼” x 3” photo dated 1907; vg-ex. An ink blotter die-cut in the shape of a football promotes the Circle Theatre in an unidentified town, vg-ex. Finally, there is a 1908 box for Paris Garters, sold at Bamberger’s in Newark, that shows what likely is a football player; solid box with some age soling, a stain in the lower left of the lid and pencil notations insidethe lid.
Minimum Bid $75.
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 Lot 85. 11 1940-70s Ads with Luckman, Baugh, Grange, Hirsch, Hornung, Gifford. These advertisements are from various magazines and range from about 5” x 11” to 10” x 14”. Willard Mullin, famous for creating the Brooklyn Bum, provided the artwork for an ad in which Sid Luckman and Sammy Baugh endorse Champ Hats. Luckman and Baugh are in separate ads for Vitalis and Spalding, respectively. Others are Crazy Legs Hirsch for Voit, Red Grange for Wheaties, Frank Gifford for Lucky Strike, Paul Hornung for Marlboro (3, same art, different sizes), and Dick Butkus, with other athletes for American Red Ball Movers. The Grange and Hornung ads average p-f to g-vg. The image area of the others averages ex-m; some have chips or creases in the borders.
Winning Bid $10.
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