This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/2/2015
Offered is a collection of memorabilia originating from the life of pre-turn of the century baseball man Robert "Gamey" Westlake. According to the placard accompanying the collection Westlake had a long career with numerous minor & major league teams where he played alongside and befriended such baseball luminaries as Cy Young, Honus Wagner, Clark Griffith and Sol White. Highlighting the collection is The Canton Repository's Baseball Summary card from the July 25, 1890 contest between Canton and Mckeesport in which Hall of Fame hurler Cy Young threw a no hitter, striking out 18 McKeesport batters. For more information on Young's 1890 campaign with Canton, including the text that ran in the Canton Repository article following his no hitter, please paste the following link to the SABR archives, http://research.sabr.org/journals/first-year-of-cyclone-young
Remaining contents of the collection are as follows...
Turn of the century-era catcher's mitt, headshot of Grandad Smith in padded wooden case, photo of Nig Clark, cabinet photo of Westlake, cabinet photo of unidentified turn of the century-era Portland ballplayer and assorted newspaper clippings from Westlake's career