Book Review: The Legend of Mickey Tussler

By Gregg Hoffmann

The Legend of Mickey Tussler, written by Frank Nappi, is in part a baseball book. But, it also is a novel about the cruelty and kindness people are capable of demonstrating, and the challenges of dealing with autism, before the term was even known.

Milwaukee baseball fans will find it particularly entertaining since Mickey is a rookie with the Brewers of the American Association in the 1940s.

Seventeen-year-old Mickey is discovered throwing apples, which he feeds his pet pig, Oscar, on the family farm. Arthur Murphy, a scout and manager for the Brewers, sees the potential in Mickey’s arm, even though the boy has never played competitive baseball.

Mickey has problems articulating his feelings, often withdraws from reality when faced with stress, and has been insulated from much of what then was modern life. That’s not necessarily a winning formula for a young man going into a high profile, competitive field like pro baseball.

The boy has been nurtured through life by his mother, Molly, but both have been victims of an abusive father and husband, Clarence.

Despite this baggage, Murphy, who hasn’t exactly has a lot of success with the Brewers, takes the boy under his wing and gives him a chance.

Mickey indeed becomes a phenom and a fan favorite. But, he continues to face many challenges, from jealous teammates, to unscrupulous, scheming opponents, and his difficulties in dealing with a hardnosed, competitive environment.

The boy experiences both the cruelty of those just mentioned, and the kindness of Murph, Molly and some of his teammates.

To give you any more information about the plot would reduce the drama and your enjoyment of a good read.

Suffice it to say, that the baseball sections of the book are well done. Nappi, who is from Long Island and has taught writing for 20 years, clearly knows the game and captures the action and environment of baseball in the 1940s.

The players’ names are all fictitious, with the exception of Warren Spahn, who shows up in one chapter. Spahn, already a star for the Boston Braves, the parent club of the Brewers, comes to Milwaukee to meet the rising star. The exchange between Spahn and Mickey is entertaining.

Nappi did his research and even spelled Borchert Field correctly, not something that is always done by authors from elsewhere.

About the only criticism Milwaukee readers might have is that Nappi portrays the town as much smaller than it was in the 1940s. For example, Murphy is supposed to live only a few miles from the ballpark, on what is known as Diamond Drive, but his neighborhood is described as one you might have found in a much smaller town of the era, or in a town like Westby, where this writer lives, in this era.

Milwaukee was actually a well-developed city in the 1940s. In fact, it ranked higher on the country’s population list of cities than it currently does. The Borchert neighborhood was a developed urban area, and Milwaukee was only a few years from getting the Boston Braves as its Major League team.

But, you can see where Nappi’s portrayal of the environment does fit better into the story line. The book is well written enough that you can ignore that one flaw and still enjoy it for the human journey taken by Mickey, and the vivid, well-crafted baseball passages.

The Legend of Mickey Tussler is published by St. Martin’s Press and is available through most bookstores and via www.amazon.com.

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Welcome to Old Cardboard, the most complete reference resource for information about collecting vintage baseball cards and related memorabilia. More information about this eNewsletter and its companion website and magazine are found at the bottom of this page.
Contents:
1. Updated Auction and Show Calendar
2. Vintage Set Profile: 1910 T209 Contentnea Cigarettes
3. Latest Updates to the OldCardboard.com Web site
4. Need Help in Answering These Questions, Please
5. Happy Centennial Birthday, Billy Werber
6. News Briefs (A Digest of Recent Hobby Happenings)




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1. Updated Auction and Show Calendar

The following is a summary of vintage card events coming up in the next 30-45 days. For the most current listings on additional vintage card shows and auctions, see the Show and Auction Calendar on the Old Cardboard website.
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21 Phone/Internet Fusco Auctions (see website for details).
25-26 Phone/Internet Mastro "Classic Collector" Auction (see website for details).
28 San Francisco Bay Area Vintage Collector's Show (email Mark Macrae for details)
July 2008
 
9-10 Phone/Internet Huggins & Scott Auctions (see website for details).
12 Phone/Internet SCP Auctions (see website for details).
14-15 Phone/Internet Hunt Auctions (see website for details).
15 Phone/Internet Collectible Classics Auction CCA20 (see website for details).
18 Internet 19th Century Only Auction (see website for details).
7/30-8/3 Chicago National Sports Collectors Convention (see website for details).



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2. Vintage Set Profile: 1910 T209 Contentnea Cigarettes


   
 
T209-1
"First Series"
T209-2
"Photo Series"
Consisting entirely of middle-east-coast minor-league players, the sets designated as T209 by the American Card Catalog are actually two distinctly different series. Players used in both series are from the Virginia League, the Carolina Association and Eastern Carolina League.

Front and back examples of cards from each subset are shown at right.

The two subsets are further related in that they are very nearly the same size (roughly 1-5/8 x 2-3/4 inches; the first series is about 1/16 inch smaller). They were both produced in 1910 to promote the Contentnea Cigarette brand. However, that is where the similarity ends, and there are marked differences between the two sub-sets.

The "First Series," as it is labeled on the card backs, contains cards for only 16 players. They are pictured in a variety of both portrait and full-length action poses on brightly colored backgrounds (see "First Series" Gallery of Cards).

By contrast, the second "Photo Series" contains a whopping 222 players. Further, only black and white half-tone photographs are used in the Photo Series. Due to the card printing and production process, the Photo Series cards are often found with surface damage on the card fronts.

The backs for each of the T209 sub-series are also different, although the prominent "Contentnea Cigarettes" logo on both cards give them a common general appearance. One telling difference is in the first line of text at the top of each card, which clearly labels it as part of either the "First Series" or the "Photo Series."

Because the T209 set consists solely of minor league players (few of whom ever advanced to the majors), the set is relatively less popular among collectors. The scarcity of the cards, however, keeps their values up, especially for high-grade examples.

 Like most other tobacco card issues, both Contentnea sets were distributed as inserts along with the product that they promoted. The Contentnea sets are believed to have been packed in a box as shown here, which bears the same factory number identified on the backs of the "Photo Series" cards.

Set Profile information for the T209 sets is provided on the Old Cardboard website along with a Checklist and Gallery of cards in the T209-1 (color) subseries.




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3. Latest Updates to the OldCardboard.com Web site

We are continually expanding the Old Cardboard website with more set profiles, checklists and set galleries. Recent (past 30-40 days) additions include:

Set Profiles have been added for:
1922-23 PB4 Kolb's Mothers Bread Pins


Set Checklists have been added for:
1910 T209 Contentnea (First Series)
1912 E300 Plow's Candy
1916 M101-4 "Sporting News" (added player Position, Team and Notes/Comments for all 200 cards)
1922-23 PB4 Kolb's Mothers Bread
1933 R328 U. S. Caramel


Set Galleries have been added for:
1910 T209 Contentnea (First Series)
1916 M101-4 "Sporting News"
1933 R328 U. S. Caramel



Updating the website with checklists and full set galleries for additional vintage sets is an ongoing project, so check back often to check out the latest additions. There are now many thousands of card images on the Old Cardboard website and the list continues to grow. We welcome and encourage feedback with checklist additions, card images, error corrections and suggestions. Please send all input to editor@oldcardboard.com.



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4. Need Help in Answering These Questions, Please



Feller Card (Origin Unknown ??)

W501 Wambsganss
Old Cardboard subscriber Gary Scott has ask us some questions, some of which we could not answer. Since we didn't want to let "the buck to stop here," we decided to pass the questions along to other readers. If you can provide any perspective to help answer these questions, please reply via email to editor@oldcardboard.com or contact Gary directly at bas130@att.net. Gary's questions are:

1) Why is the 1933 W574 set comprised of only 6 American League teams, and no NL teams?
2) I recently purchased a 1922 W501 card of Bill Wambsganss (see example above). The card shows him throwing left handed, when every resource I have indicates that he batted and threw right handed. If the photo was reversed, the letters on his shirt would also be reversed, but they are not. The "C" on the cap is also oriented correctly. My question: Was Wamby in fact left handed?
Answer: the answer to this question is actually found on the Old Cardboard website, but requires a little old fashion detective work. On the newly uploaded Gallery for the M101-4 "Sporting News" set, card #185 is labeled as Wambsganss and uses the same pose as in the W501 card shown above. Further, a notation in the M101-4/5 Checklist entry for Wambsganss states that the photo is actually Indians pitcher Fritz Coumbe. So no, shortstop Wamby was not a lefty, although teammate Coumbe was.

3) I am having trouble identifying the origins of the Bob Feller card (example above right). It is printed on creamy paper stock, is blank backed and measures 6-1/2 x 10 inches. The stadium is almost certainly League Park in Cleveland. The info at the bottom, in very small type, has stats and data thru 1940 and refers to the Sporting News twice, but never specifically states that the photo is a SN product. My best guess is that the photo was taken in 1940 or 1941. Was this a Sporting News issue? If not, who produced the card and was it part of a set?


My sincere thanks for any assistance in answering any of the above questions. --Gary H. Scott


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5. Happy Centennial Birthday, Billy Werber



Bill Werber (1936 R314 Goudey
"Wide Pens" Premium)
Bill Werber, the oldest living ex-Major Leaguer, celebrated his 100th birthday this past Friday, June 20. He now resides in a retirement community in Charlotte, NC.

Werber's debut in the Majors was in 1930 with the Yankees, where he was a teammate to baseball superstars Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. He also played for the Red Sox, Athletics, Reds and Giants during his Major League career that spanned 13 years and ended in 1942.

Werber appeared in a number of 1930's card sets including the R314 Goudey "Wide Pens" premium card shown here, produced nearly three-quarters of a century ago. At that time, Werber was a just young lad, still in his twenties, from Berwyn, MD. Over his 1295-game Major League career that spanned thirteen years, he became his league's leader in several fielding categories. He he was also the leading base stealer in the American League in 1934.

Werber reminisced about some of his Major League experiences in a recent interview with Washington Post staff writer Dave Sheinin. Sheinin's interview was printed in the Post and can be accessed on-line at the newspaper's website.

We wish Billy a Happy Birthday and many happy returns.



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6. News Briefs (A Digest of Recent Hobby Happenings)

Baseball in World War II. Leave it to Scottish author Gary Bedingfield to produce a very professional website (and a free monthly Newsletter) devoted to "Baseball in Wartime." Bedingfield is also author of the highly rated book entitled "Baseball in World War II Europe." Bedingfield's monthly Newsletter was launched in September of last year. In addition to well researched feature articles, it includes book reviews, news of related up-coming events, as well as obituaries and bios of former servicemen ballplayers. His well organized website includes additional related articles, detailed and illustrated biographies of those who served, and more. We recommend a visit to Baseball in Wartime website at www.baseballinwartime.com.

More Articles Added to Article Index. We have now added articles from another publication to Old Cardboard's Index of Articles about vintage baseball cards. Thus, several dozen vintage-card-related articles from Sports Scoop have now been indexed. Sports Scoop was a hobby magazine published in the early 1970s. Its contributors were among the leading collectors of the period and included such still-familiar names as Frank Nagy, Richard Egan, Buck Barker, Elwood Scharf and Keith Olbermann, as well as Sports Scoop editor Steve Mitchell. These additions bring the total count of articles in the index to 658--all directly related to vintage baseball card collecting.

More "Uncatalogued" Card Additions. --

2008 Hold'em Series Update. The fifth (May) on-line tournament of Old Cardboard's 2008 Texas Hold'em series was held Tuesday, May 27 and the results are now posted on the Old Cardboard website. Competition remains keen, with Larry Galloway (LRGalloway) and Tom Morgan (Nagurski3) moving into a tie for first place for the 2008 series. Congrats to all who placed. The upcoming June tournament (#6) marks the half-way point for the 2008 series and it is still a horse race for all participants. Tourney #6 is scheduled for June 24 at 20:30 EST (8:30 Eastern; 7:30 Central). It is PokerStars #90008575; password for registration is r316r316. All vintage baseball card collectors are invited to participate. We look forward to seeing you there, and the best of luck to all. Complete details for the 2008 Series are provided on the Old Cardboard website.




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SIGNED BASEBALLS


 

1968 Orioles on an OAL ball—NrMT/MINT!! Thirty-one (31) signatures of this incredible second –place team: Earl Weaver (rookie!) and Bill Hunter (both on SS), Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, Dave McNally, Jim Hardin, Mark Belanger, Curt Belfary, Boog Powell, Ellie Hendricks, Gene Brabender, George Staller, George Bamberger, Paul Blair, Don Buford, Curt Motton, Dave May, Fred Valentine, Larry Haney, Merv Rettenmund, Tom Phoebus, Chico Fernandez, Dave Leonard, Wally Bunker, Eddie Watt, Moe Drabowsky, Pete Richert, Roger Nelson, and Jim Morris. A great example of this popular dynasty rarely offered in any condition!--$995

 

1972 TEXAS RANGER INAUGURAL Team !! Twenty-five (25) dark, crisp ink signatures of this historical team on a moderately, uniformly toned lightly coated ball include: Ted Williams (SS—his last year as manager!), Nelson Fox, Frank Howard, Don Mincher, Dave Nelson, etc. Someone has added, “’72 Ranger’” and “35”, and this ball remains an extremely strong example of this first-year team and the first we have ever offered!--$795


 

1969 Orioles’ team-signed on an OAL ball--(VG++/EX--)!

Twenty-Six (26) signatures include: Earl Weaver and Bill Hunter (both on SS), Brooks and Frank Robinson, Ellie Hendricks, Davey Johnson, Mark Belanger, Paul Blair, Don Buford, Merv Rettenmund, Dave May, Boog Powell, Clay Dalrymple, Dave McNally, Jim Palmer, Jim Hardin, Tom Phoebus, Eddie Watt, Pete Richert, Dick Hall, Dave Leonhard (signed twice), Charley Lau, George Staller, George Bamberger and one other. Signatures are all very readable and vary in strength from “4” to “9”. A tough team ball to find of this storied and widely collected franchise that originates from one of the team members with a letter from him!--$995

 

Bob Allison OAL (B. Brown/Haiti)—MINT!--$995

 

Rip Sewell bold vintage-personalized on the panel of a game-used ONL baseball!--$295


 

Jeff Francis signed on the SS of a game-used ball from his 2007 NLDS game one victory (10/3/07)—ball was obtained from the Phillies with corresponding MLB Hologram and later signed!--$295

 

Ramiro Mendoza on a 2004 world series logo ball signed below the logo w/”We Reversed The Curse”--$95

 

Johnny Mize w/”The Big Cat”--$295

 

HOF and Non-HOF signed items:

 

G. C. Alexander wonderful content letter-response to a 13-year old (sick) boy on the verso of the child’s letter: “Dear Billy/Am sorry you have been sick and hope you get along fine from now on. I think the old timers were just as good as the ones of today. Sincerely (sic) G.C. Alexander.” Alexander missives rarely surface and this one is uniquely unbeatable in its warmth and the first we have offered in years!--$3895

 

Red Barber 8x10 B&W photo showing him behind a microphone fabulously signed in tademark-red sharpie!--$350

 

Jesse Haines 8x10 B&W glossy pitching motion photo (Dodgers uniform) signed in bold blue ink! This is quite simply the nicest signed Haines photo we that have ever offered!--$750

 

Rube Marquard 8x10 B&W glossy photo (Dodgers uniform) boldly signed in blue ink! This is the first Marquard 8x10 we have offered in years and it’s a beauty!--$495

 

 Frank Frisch 1961 Fleer card #30 nicely signed!--$350

 

Warren Giles TLS about Juan Marichal’s 1967 contract! Accompanied by file copy of Giants’ owner Chub Feeney’s letter which had been sent to Giles along with the disputed Marichal contract--$250

 

William Harridge

1. Signed 1946 player (Robert Rothel) contract also signed by Rothel and Roger Peckinpaugh--$295

 

2. Signed 1946 player (Ralph McCabe) contract also signed by McCabe and Roger Peckinpaugh--$295

 

Willie Mays colorful “Giant Gunners” cachet also showing McCovey and signed nicely by Mays only--$150

 

Kirby Puckett signed gumcards ‘86F #401/’86L #19/’87F #92/’88D #368 each--$195

 

George Sisler spectacular 8x10 B&W photo signed in jet-black fountain pen ink against a stark white background providing maximum and striking contrast: “To Tom Eakin/Chairman of the Cy Young Centennial/My Best Wishes….”—simply stated, this is the nicest signed photo of this great that we have ever seen!--$995

 

OTHER GREAT NON-H.O.F. SIGNED PIECES AND RARE SIGNED GUMCARDS:

 

 Norm Cash approximate 8x10 color (paperstock) photo—an awesome and boldly signed image!--$295

 

Jeff Francis signature on the cover of a full copy of the October 15, 2007 SI bearing his action image—no mailing label—MINT!--$75

 

Jim Gilliam crisp bright blue sharpie signature w/inscription on an 8x10 B&W (LA) photo—RARE 8x10!!--$995

 

Gil Hodges:

1. Signed gumcards: 1971T #183 boldly signed. This is the key signed card for this set, as Hodges lived less than a year after its production and this is the first one we have ever offered!--$2495

2. 1960T #295--$995

 

Masanori Murakami ‘65T #282--$295

 

Tommie Leach stunning 3x5 B&W photo (Pirates) boldly signed in black fountain pen ink!--$150

 

Rick Sutcliffe gorgeous 8x10 action photo in mid-pitch at Wrigley Field boldly signed by this remarkably tough autographee who was both the 1979 NL ROY and 1984 ROY!--$175

 

 

BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL AND OTHER:

 

Otto Graham 8x10 (B&W or sepia) each--$95

 

Walter Kiesling full personal check filled out and signed by “Walter Kielsing”—dated in his had exactly three (3) months before his death. This is a ‘random’ check that survived and not one of any existing ‘hoard’—it IS THE ONLY Kiesling check that we know of and it’s beautiful!--$4950

 

Dick “Night Train” Lane 8x10 (Color)--$50

 

John Madden nice 8x10 color photo boldly signed!--$99

 

Johnny Unitas Official NFL football boldly signed in silver sharpie—a gorgeous example and the only one we have offered!--$995

 

Signed 3x5, GPC’s, A/P’s, etc.

 

Gene Ronzani—(d.75) Fabulous vintage fountain pen ink signature on a card (circa 1940)--$495

 

Howard Ehmke stunning signature on his stationery with a watermark image of him pitching, somewhat resulting in a signed image!--$295

 

Tom Morgan 3x5--$50

 

Urban Shocker bold black ink signature on an A/P (w/Hank Severeid)--$9950

 

Myles Thomas large ink signature on a 2.5x5 card—some foxing present where a protective coat was applied—still perfectly mattable example of this tough 1927 Yankee!--$1750

Hi all!
 
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Edited by author 08-23-2007 08:44 AM
A review of “Black and Blue: A Smash-Mouth History Of The NFL’s Roughest Division” belongs in Old School Collectibles.

First, author Bob Berghaus has truly created a collectibles item for any fan of the Central Division and football in general. Second, he has clearly portrayed how “old school” football was played for years in the division.

I chummed around with Bergie primarily when he covered baseball for the Milwaukee Journal, but he also covered the Packers in the 1990s and grew up rooting for the Lombardi era teams. He went from Milwaukee to become sports editor of the Green Bay Press Gazette and now is sports editor of the Asheville Citizen-Times in North Carolina.

Despite his natural bias toward the Packers, Berghaus has done a great job of detailing each of the four teams in the division. Butkus, Lucci, Carl Eller are given as much respect as Nitschke and Willie Davis.

Berghaus captures the rivalries, the intensity and overall atmosphere of what truly was smash-mouth football and makes a strong argument that you can still find it best in the Central Division.

“Four teams. One division. One philosophy. Play bone-crushing defense.” reads a line on the back cover of the book. Any of us who watched games at Lambeau Field, or the old Met in the Twin Cities or Wrigley Field and Soldiers Field in Chicago know what that line means.

Who can forget the Ice Bowl? Or those Thanksgiving Day games in Detroit with the Packers, usually played in cold temperatures, sometimes snow or mud. Berghaus brings you back to those experiences through his own words, based on extensive research, and through the words of many former players, sportswriters and others, who participated or witnessed the contests.

My favorite sections in the book are three that detail the most memorable games between Black and Blue teams from 1967-80, 1981-90 and 1991-2006. Berghaus also details playoff games between teams in the division.

Make sure you check out his All-Time Black and Blue Team. Do you agree with the picks?

The book will be available through Clerisy Press, 1700 Madison Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45206, starting Aug. 28. It also has its own web site at www.blackandbluebook.com. You can get to that site via an OSC link in the left hand column of this site.

Old School Collectibles is proud to be selling the collection of a Sauk City, Wisconsin, collector, who has been collecting autographs of famous baseball figures since he was 11 years-old. Branch Rickey and Sam Rice, pictured above, are just two of the valuable autographs in the collection. Others include Hank Greenberg, Carl Hubbell, Zach Wheat, Dutch Leonard and more than 15 others. Some autographs are on photos, and others are on slips. Most also have the dated envelopes of the day the collector received them. You can see the autographs of Rickey, Rice, Hubbell and Enos Slaughter in the OSC store space in the Antique Center in La Crosse. For more information on the full collection, leave a message on the OSC message board or send an email to gregghof@aol.com.

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Hi all!
 
Looks good! Very useful, good stuff. Good resources here. Thanks much!
 
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Hi Greg:
I don't know if this is information you can use, but I'm trying to get the word out. We're a photography site called THE ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHER. Occasionally we provide fine art prints for sale at low prices to our readers. Our print for this week is a vintage photo of BALL FOUR author Jim Bouton pitching during his minor league comeback in 1977 with the Portland Mavericks. We think it's a great shot and the print is very attractive. The photographer was Ancil Nance. As far as we know, the print is not well known and is not available anywhere else except from the photographer, who has cooperated with us in making this offer.


You can see the picture and read more about the offer at:


http://topprints.blogspot.com


If you could help us spread the word to baseball fans, I'd be grateful.


Thanks--




--Mike


Mike Johnston
The Online Photographer

Bob Buege's books on the Braves history and Eddie Mathews are now available through OSC online and at the La Crosse store. Some in hardcover are autographed by Mathews himself. If interested, email gregghof@aol.com.

This is the new OSC Message Board. You can post comments and questions, plug rummage sales and auctions, and use the board as a secondary way of placing orders with OSC.

But, we prefer:

1) that you place orders by emailing gregghof@aol.com or going directy to the seller's ad in the site.

2)you do not sell items on the Message Board. Instead, contact gregghof@aol.com for ad rates.