Detroit Tigers World Series program, 1907 October 12

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Detroit Tigers World Series program, 1907 October 07

Detroit Tigers World Series program

Date1907 October 12

DescriptionA Detroit Tigers World Series program used for game 5, October 12, 1907, against the Chicago Cubs. The scorecard is scored using the "Simplex Base Ball Scoring System." This system is made up of nine blocks with the name and position of each player. To the right are 99 duplicate blocks divided into 11 rows or innings. Each block contains each fielding position where hits, assists, and put outs are recorded. In the center of each block are the numbers 1 through 4, representing the bases. The front cover has a Detroit team photograph with their names below. At the top it reads "Official Score Card, World's Championship Series." The bottom reads "Detroit Tigers, American League, vs. Chicago Cubs, National League." The back cover has a photograph of the Chicago Cubs with their names below. Handwritten in pencil it reads, "Saturday, Oct. 12, 1907, Chicago 2, Detroit 0."

Object numberBL-2022-00030-003

Subject Detroit Tigers (Baseball team)

Subject Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Subject National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Subject Jennings, Hughie, 1869-1928

Subject Chance, Frank L. (Frank Leroy), 1877-1924

Attributes

Classificationsmanuscripts (documents)

Collection NumberBA MSS 265 World Series Programs

Dimensionsw x h: 7 x 10 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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