1905 PROVIDENCE CLAMDIGGERS CHAMPIONSHIP PENNANT STICKPIN WITH JACK DUNN (BABE RUTH CONNECTION).
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Winning Bid:
$421.85
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 2, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
2.5" tall, metal stickpin w/celluloid pennant. Front features portrait of Dunn w/his name printed as a play on words, full text reading "Providence Dunn It 1905." Back has advertising for local clothing store "The Hub." Jack Dunn spent several seasons as a utility type player in the National League from 1897-1904, primarily with Brooklyn, Philadelphia and the NY Giants. Dunn took over the reigns of the Eastern League's Providence ball club in 1905, leading them to the pennant. However, Jack was best known for his time managing the Baltimore Orioles minor league team, beginning in 1907. On February 14, 1914, Dunn signed a young pitcher from St. Mary's Industrial school in southwest Baltimore. This school was a training facility for boys who were orphans or wards of the state. As the story goes, Mt. St Joseph High School baseball coach Brother Gilbert was trying to hold on to his star pitcher, a youth named Lee Meadows, for another season. In order to keep Meadows from signing with the Orioles, Brother Gilbert recommended St Mary's southpaw ace George Ruth to Dunn. The rest is baseball history. There is a diagonal ripple across the center of the pennant really only seen in reflected light. Still Exc. for this fragile item and the only example we have seen in our 54 years. A baseball rarity and a very esoteric item for the Ruth collector. Paul Muchinsky Collection.
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