9 SPORTING NEWS PHOTOS OF VINTAGE BASEBALL SHEET MUSIC COVERS

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I have now retired and moved to Thailand and will be selling off my collections of Sports Photos, Memorabilia and Autographs. Literally I have been collecting these for over 30 years at NASCAR events, Sports Card Shows, Sporting Events, BCEFA Flea Market & Grand Auction and the like. All of my autographed Items I obtained personally unless otherwise noted. Shipping will be done through Thai Post and ALL will have a Tracking Number that I will list on Ebay and send you. They will be securely packed to prevent bending during shipping. I would suggest that you check other items and combine if there is anything else that you like. Shipping for a single 8x10 photo will run .00. Each additional photo is only .50 more. So, 3 photos would only cost .00 vs .00 for 1. If you prefer to use Fed Ex or UPS you can let me know and I’ll get the shipping charges for you, but know that it is MUCH more expensive. Any questions feel free to message me. I have been selling on Ebay, off and on, since 1998 and I will ALWAYS provide positive feedback and hope you will do likewise. My goal is to keep my perfect feedback score and get you your item as soon as possible.
This auction is for 9 Sporting News Collectibles Photos of Vintage Baseball Music Sheet Covers. The tunes include: Take Me Out To The Ball Game, The Red Stockings, Tessie, You Are The Only Only Only, Baseball Polka, The National Game, The Climbers Rag, Magnates March, Tally One For Me and Little Puff of Smoke, Good Night...which while it isn't a Baseball Song per se was composed by Guy Harris 'DOC' White a Pitcher for the Phillies and White Sox from 1901 - 1913. The photos were all at one time  matted on cardboard and that's the black you see around the pic. I admit they are not all in pristine condition but you can see the pics of each one. These are still a cool collection of early 1900's Baseball!
The sizes vary but the smallest is about 5x7 and the largest about 8x8.
Below are some notes from various sources regarding the Songs.
The Red Stockings' March (1869), originally composed by C. Kinkel. Dedicated to "the Ladies of Cincinnati" and "the Members of the Cincinnati Base Ball Club" in honor of the club's inaugural season in 1869.
MAGNATES MARCH: TWO-STEP. Ditzel, Henry (m). Baltimore, MD: Otto
Sutro & Co., 1897.
(M28.D)  23137 C2.
[Note: Dedicated to the Magnates of the National League and American
Association of Base Ball Clubs. Cover photograph of the seventeen
"delegates to the Schedule Meeting of the National League and American
Association of Base Ball Clubs" held in Baltimore, 1897.]”
Guy Harris "Doc" White (April 9, 1879 – February 19, 1969) was an American left-handed
pitcher
in
Major League Baseball
. He played for two teams, the
Philadelphia Phillies
and the
Chicago White Sox
, during his career which lasted from 1901 to 1913.
White also gained some recognition as a composer, publishing at least four songs (such as bestseller "Little Puff of Smoke, Good Night" in 1910) with his co-writer
Ring Lardner
, who was a sportswriter in Chicago during that period.
White died at age 89 in
Silver Spring, Maryland
, just eight months after witnessing
Don Drysdale
surpass his record of 45 consecutive scoreless innings on June 4, 1968.
He was the last surviving member of the 1906 World Champion Chicago White Sox.
Two of Arthur Sizemores's best known rags appeared in 1911. The Climbers Rag was dedicated to and featured pictures of The St Louis Cardinals.
In 1925, baseball commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis asked Sousa to write a march for the National League’s 50th anniversary. Sousa responded with his wonderful march, “The National Game”
Tessie a.k.a. Tessie (You Are The Only, Only Only) Words & Music: Will R. Anderson (1902) This has become a classic simply by virtue of being spoofed. It was originally from the Broadway show "The Silver Slipper". However, Boston Red Sox fan club "The Royal Rooters" adopted it and changed the lyrics to heckle Honus Wagner & the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1903 World Series. "That damn Tessie song" did the trick and Boston took the series. They kept the song as a good-luck charm and it worked as the Boston Red Sox dominated the early years of the 20th century. The Rooters abandoned the song in 1918 and that was the last it was sung in Fenway until 2004, when the Dropkick Murphys resurrected their own punk-pub version. Lo and behold, the Sox finally won the ser'Ties for the first time since 1918.
'Take Me Out To The Ball Game' is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley
song by
Jack Norworth
and
Albert Von Tilzer
which has become the official anthem of North American
baseball
, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song. The song's chorus is traditionally sung during the
middle of the seventh inning
of a baseball game. Fans are generally encouraged to sing along, and at most ballparks, the words "home team" are replaced with the home team's name.
The backs all have the Sporting News Collectibles sticker
.