1908 Baseball Game Ticket - New York Highlanders vs Washington Senators at Washington
According to the eBay Seller:
This is a ticket stub from the 7/2/08 baseball game between the New York Highlanders (Yankees) and Washington Senators at American League Park II. (aka National Park or Boundry Field)) The Yankees lose to the Nationals in both games 3-4 and 3-5. The Highlanders were just coming off of having their manager (Clark Griffith) fired on 6/24 and being no hit by Cy Young on 6/30 just 2 days earlier, so they were reeling. Their new manager, Kid Elberfeld, had been severely spiked by Bob Ganley of the Senators earlier in the year so there was also some bad blood. The Highlanders had been in 1st place on June 1st, however, they were in 7th place when this game was played and would win just 31 more games after June 1st to finish in last place with a 51-103 record.
Reverse of ticket has Reid S. Baker Photography advertisement.... the 938 F Street N. W. address was only used by Reid S. Baker photography in 1908, 1909, 1910 and early 1911. (Prior to 1908, H. G. Wagner photography was located at 938 F Street and by May of 1911, a tailor shop was located there.) Only in 1908 do the Reid S. Baker newspaper advertisements read "Photographic Supplies, Developing, Printing and Enlarging" like the ticket says. In 1909, advertisements read, "Washington's Leading Photographic Supply House" and 1910 tagline was simply, "Photographic Supplies", leading me to believe this ticket is most certainly from the 1908 season. #29 on ticket signifies the 29th home game played in 1908....that was 7/2/08.
Ticket has a crease through the "9" but it is in otherwise pretty good shape for being 107 years old. Pre-Griffith Stadium Senators relics are notoriously tough to locate so an American League Park II ticket stub in any condition is quite a find. Detroyed by fire prior to 1911 season.... few if any stubs from National Park survive today.
Only 16 teams in Majors as of 1908: Besides the Senators and Highlanders...the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Doves (Braves), Brooklyn Superbas (Dodgers), St Louis Cardinals Cleveland Naps (Indians), St Louis Browns and Philadelphia Athletics. Stars like Nap Lajoie, Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Cy Young, Tris Speaker, Addie Joss and Shoeless Joe Jackson roamed the ball fields.
This is a ticket stub from the 7/2/08 baseball game between the New York Highlanders (Yankees) and Washington Senators at American League Park II. (aka National Park or Boundry Field)) The Yankees lose to the Nationals in both games 3-4 and 3-5. The Highlanders were just coming off of having their manager (Clark Griffith) fired on 6/24 and being no hit by Cy Young on 6/30 just 2 days earlier, so they were reeling. Their new manager, Kid Elberfeld, had been severely spiked by Bob Ganley of the Senators earlier in the year so there was also some bad blood. The Highlanders had been in 1st place on June 1st, however, they were in 7th place when this game was played and would win just 31 more games after June 1st to finish in last place with a 51-103 record.
Reverse of ticket has Reid S. Baker Photography advertisement.... the 938 F Street N. W. address was only used by Reid S. Baker photography in 1908, 1909, 1910 and early 1911. (Prior to 1908, H. G. Wagner photography was located at 938 F Street and by May of 1911, a tailor shop was located there.) Only in 1908 do the Reid S. Baker newspaper advertisements read "Photographic Supplies, Developing, Printing and Enlarging" like the ticket says. In 1909, advertisements read, "Washington's Leading Photographic Supply House" and 1910 tagline was simply, "Photographic Supplies", leading me to believe this ticket is most certainly from the 1908 season. #29 on ticket signifies the 29th home game played in 1908....that was 7/2/08.
Ticket has a crease through the "9" but it is in otherwise pretty good shape for being 107 years old. Pre-Griffith Stadium Senators relics are notoriously tough to locate so an American League Park II ticket stub in any condition is quite a find. Detroyed by fire prior to 1911 season.... few if any stubs from National Park survive today.
Only 16 teams in Majors as of 1908: Besides the Senators and Highlanders...the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Doves (Braves), Brooklyn Superbas (Dodgers), St Louis Cardinals Cleveland Naps (Indians), St Louis Browns and Philadelphia Athletics. Stars like Nap Lajoie, Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Cy Young, Tris Speaker, Addie Joss and Shoeless Joe Jackson roamed the ball fields.
American League Park II
Home of Washington Senators, 1904 to 1910
BUILT: 1904
FIRST GAME: April 14, 1904
LAST GAME: October 6, 1910, vs. Boston Red Sox (Doubleheader)
HIGH SEASON ATTENDANCE: 264,252 (1908)
LOW SEASON ATTENDANCE: 129,903 (1906)
American League Park II, a wooden park at Seventh and Florida, was a larger version of its predecessor, whose stands were transferred to this site. The grounds crew had a dog house near a flagpole in the outfield where the flag was kept between games. During one game, its door was left open and a ball was hit inside. While trying to retrieve it, Philadelphia Athletics centerfielder Socks Seybold became stuck in the doorway, and the batter got an inside the park home run. A fire caused by a plumber's blow lamp caused American League Park to be burned to the ground on March 17, 1911, while the Senators were in spring training.
Home of Washington Senators, 1904 to 1910
BUILT: 1904
FIRST GAME: April 14, 1904
LAST GAME: October 6, 1910, vs. Boston Red Sox (Doubleheader)
HIGH SEASON ATTENDANCE: 264,252 (1908)
LOW SEASON ATTENDANCE: 129,903 (1906)
American League Park II, a wooden park at Seventh and Florida, was a larger version of its predecessor, whose stands were transferred to this site. The grounds crew had a dog house near a flagpole in the outfield where the flag was kept between games. During one game, its door was left open and a ball was hit inside. While trying to retrieve it, Philadelphia Athletics centerfielder Socks Seybold became stuck in the doorway, and the batter got an inside the park home run. A fire caused by a plumber's blow lamp caused American League Park to be burned to the ground on March 17, 1911, while the Senators were in spring training.
