PNG An ad for Old Gold cigarettes in the program. PNG The Pirates’ scorecard inside a program for Game 4 of the 1927 World Series. During the 1926 visit, he was sports editor of The Sun for a The 1927 New York Yankees team. Ruth came to Vancouver twice, for a vaudeville show at the Pantages Theatre in 1926 and an exhibition baseball game in 1934. The message is he smokes the wrong type of cigarette: if he smoked Old Golds, there’s “not a cough in a carload.” There are also some wonderful ads, including one for Old Gold cigarettes, which features a third-base coach who “starts coughin’ and the runner sticks to third and dies there.” The Pirates, meanwhile, were led by the two Waner brothers, Paul and Lloyd, who were nicknamed “Big Poison” (Paul) and “Little Poison” (Lloyd).

Some of the lesser-known Yankees players have fantastic names, like pitchers Urban Shocker and George Pipgras. He’s flanked by Lou Gehrig, who is identified as Louis, and Tony Lazzeri, who’s Anthony. Ruth is in the middle, identified by his real name, Geo. Stevens and cost 25 cents.īut the real gems are inside, such as a page with individual photos of the 25 Yankees players. “Yankees vs Pirates” is at the top, “1927” between the portraits, and “Worlds Championship Series” at the bottom. Bush of the Pirates, as well as a simple drawing of two crossed bats. The cover is gold with blue and red lettering, and features oval portraits of the team managers, Miller Huggins of the Yankees and Owen J. “It’s not our usual stock-in-trade I guess, old sports memorabilia.”īut when he put it online through the collectors site AbeBooks, “it got interest right away.” It recently sold for $350. “It sat in our cabinet for awhile,” he said. PNGĮventually he did some research and ascertained it was the real deal, and took it to the shop. “I was going through (the box), and didn’t know exactly what it was, because it was apart, the cover was detached,” he said. “I assumed it was a facsimile or something, I didn’t think it was a (real) program.” The cover of a program for the 1927 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates.

But it wasn’t in great shape, so he didn’t think much of it. When he got home and started going through the box, he found the World Series program, which was for the fourth and deciding game. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

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