Lot # 738: 1909 John Heydler Original Official National League Unsigned Baseball With Original Box! UNREAL

Category: Signed Balls

Starting Bid: $200.00

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Item was in Auction "Summer Spectacular 2018 Auction",
which ran from 7/27/2018 12:00 PM to
8/11/2018 7:00 PM




(LOT 738)
1909 John Heydler Original Official National League Unsigned Baseball With Original Box! UNREAL

This original 1Spalding Box houses a blank, unused Official National League John Heydler Baseball. On becoming the NL's secretary-treasurer from 1907 to 1918, he served as the league president briefly after Pulliam's suicide in 1909. As NL president again from 1918 to 1934, he hired the Elias brothers to maintain as official keeper of playing statistics (1919), and he pushed for the selection of Kenesaw Mountain Landis as Commissioner of Baseball (1921), realizing the importance of an official who could keep the owners in check. Later he helped to establish the Baseball Hall of Fame.

MIN BID $200
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