Series 6: Sports: Fantasy Baseball

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{"value"=>"<p>Fantasy Baseball and Fantasy Baseball Game.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>The first section contains Fantasy Baseball News Sheets, World Series and All Star Game Broadsides, \"Score Cards,\" Box Scores, League Leaders for the 1935-1961 Seasons, [incomplete]. (See Boxes 61 and 62 for \"Score Cards,\" Box Scores, and League Leaders for more seasons).</p>"}

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1. Holograph news sheet "Cadillacs on Top! / The Sportsman."
2. Holograph news sheet "Cadillacs Still Lead! / The Sportsman, Vol. 1, No. 2, May 18, 1936."
3. Holograph news sheet "Plymouths Now Lead! / The Sportsman, Vol. 1, No. 3, May 19, 1936."
4. Holograph "Ponts Assert Power / The Sportsman, Vol. 1, No. 4, May 20, 1936."
5. Holograph "Sports News / La Salles Win on Hiskey."
6. Holograph "Baseball News / Pontiacs Plaster Chryslers 7-0," and "Fords Bombard Chinats in 5th."
7. Holograph box scores "La's at Plyms."
8. Holograph box scores "Nashes at La's" and ""Fords at Plyms."
9. Holograph "Series News / No. 1."
10. Holograph "Series News / No. 2."
11. Holograph "Series News / No. 3."
12. Typescript "The Daily Ball / Vol. 1, No. 1" and "The Daily Ball / Vol. 1, No. 2."
13. Typescript "The Daily Ball / Vol. 1, No. 3" and "The Daily Ball / No. 1."
14. Typescript "The Daily Ball / Vol. 1, No. 3" and "The Daily Ball / No. 1
15. Typescript "The Daily Ball / No. 3" and "The Daily Ball / No. 4."
16. Typescript "The Daily Ball / No. 5" and "The Daily Ball / No. 6."
17. Typescript "The Daily Ball / No. 7" and "The Daily Ball / No. 8."
18. Typescript "The Daily Ball / No. 9" and "The Daily Ball / No. 10."
19. Typescript "The Daily Ball / No. 11" and "The Daily Ball / No. 12."
20. Typescript "The Daily Ball / No. 13" and "The Daily Ball / No. 14."
21. Typescript "The Daily Ball / No. 15" and "The Daily Ball / American Leaguers Smash Nationals 7 to 2 as Rookie Earl Cartwright Gets Nod."
22. Typescript "The Daily Ball / Official Returns."
23. Typescript "The Daily Ball / Cash White Blanks Slugging Plymouths in first game of World Series . . ." with "World Series Boxscore" on verso
24. Typescript "Jack Lewis's Baseball Chatter / Number Two."
25. Typescript "Jack Lewis's Baseball Chatter / Number Four."
26. Typescript letters re. fantasy baseball team management with list of players on verso. Mentions Joe DiMaggio and Earl Averill. Kerouac is writing as the manager of Detroit team
27. Typescript and holograph letters re. fantasy baseball management. (Typescript begins: "A hearsay to DiMaggio. Heesa our Joe Now!"). Letter is signed "Ike Hurd." Written in mock Italian-American dialect
28. Holograph team card for "Chicago Chryslers" and "St. Louis Cadillacs."
29. Holograph "score cards" and box scores played by "St. Louis" and "Boston."
30. Holograph "score cards" and box scores played by "Boston" and "Pittsburgh."
31. Holograph team card for "Boston Fords."
32. Holograph team card for "NY Chevvies" and "Chicago Nashes."
33. Holograph team card for "Detroit DeSotos."
34. Holograph team card for "Philadelphia Pontiacs."
35. Holograph team card for "Pittsburgh Plymouths."
36. Holograph team card for "St. Louis La Salles."
37. Holograph team card for "Washington Chryslers."
38. Holograph team cards for "Washington Chryslers," "Chicago Nashes," "Philadelphia Pontiacs" and "New York Chevvies."
39. Holograph team cards for "St. Louis La Salles," "Boston Fords," "Detroit De Sotos," and "Pittsburgh Plymouths."
40. Holograph box scores for "Pontiacs" and "Chryslers."
41. Holograph and typescript team standings/league leaders records
42. Holograph team standings/league leaders records
43. Holograph team standings/league leaders records, with typescript fragment account of the life of the Buddha on verso
44. Typescript and holograph team standings
45. Holograph notebook ["All American / Memorandum Book."] Titled "B(1)." Contains fantasy baseball "score cards" and box scores for the first nine games of the 1944 season. The leaves in sleeves #46 and #47 were originally laid-in at the rear of this noteboo
46. Holograph "score cards" and box scores for "(10) De Sotos vs. Plymouths," and "(10 and 11) La Salles vs. Fords."
47. Holograph "score cards" and box scores for "(11) De Sotos vs. Plymouths," and "(12) La Salles vs. Fords," "(12) De Sotos vs. Plyms" and "(10) Chryslers vs. Nashes" [not completed]
48. Holograph "score card" and box score for "Detroit vs. St. Louis." [This leaf and the leaves in sleeves # 49 - 58 removed from spiral-bound black notebook containing the "score cards" and box scores for the 40-game, 1945 season." See Box 62, folder 1.]
49. Holograph list of players names with scores. (Begins: "**340 *300 2.250 5.200")
50. Holograph "score card" and box scores for "Washington vs. Philadelphia" with starting line-up for Pontiacs on verso
51. Holograph "score card" and box scores for "Boston vs. Pittsburgh," with "averages" on verso
52. Holograph "score card" and box scores for "Pittsburgh vs. Boston."
53. Holograph "score card" and box scores for "Philadelphia vs. Detroit," and "Philadelphia vs. Washington," with list of player trades on verso
54. Holograph player list for "Pontiacs."
55. Holograph "score card" and box scores for "Philadelphia vs. St. Louis" (with pitcher and batter ratings on verso), and "Washington Chryslers vs. Philadelphia."
56. Typescript team standings and "Big Six" list, with list of player statistics on verso
57. Holograph team standings and individual batting
58. Holograph list of pitchers with players statistics on verso
59. Holograph team cards for "Boston Fords."
60. Holograph team cards for "New York Chevvies."
61. Holograph team cards for "Philadelphia Pontiacs."
62. Holograph team cards for "Pittsburgh Plymouths."
63. Holograph team cards for "St. Louis Cadillacs."
64. Holograph team cards for "Washington Chryslers."
65. Typescript "1957 Official Batting Averages."
66. Typescript "1957 Official Pitching Averages."
67. Typescript and holograph team roster for "Baltimore Roses" and "Boston Grays."
68. Typescript and holograph team roster for "Chicago Blues" and "Cincinnati Blacks."
69. Typescript and holograph team roster for "Detroit Reds" and "New York Greens."
70. Typescript and holograph team roster for "Pittsburgh Browns" and "St. Louis Whites."
71. Holograph team card [index card] for "Cincinnati Blacks" and "Detroit Reds" [this index card is blank apart from its title]. With blank index card
72. Typescript "Baseball News."
73. Typescript list of team rosters for "Cincinnati Blacks, Chicago Blues, Detroit Reds, Pittsburgh Browns, Baltimore Roses, Boston Grays, New York Greens, and St. Louis Whites." [Removed from spiral-bound notebook in Box 62, folder 3.]
74. Holograph list of players for the "St. Louis Cadillacs" and "Washington Chryslers." (Begins: "On Bluenote records / Dexter Gordon 'Go' / Sonny Clarke / Billy Higgins.")
75. Holograph list "Average at 100 cards."
76. Holograph definitions of four skill levels for pitchers and hitters, with sample key to at-bat and fielding results, with diagram representing board on which game was played. Titled "Manager / Baseball Game."
77. Holograph draft of sample key to at-bat and fielding results, with rejected diagram representing board on which game was played
78. Holograph key to fielding results, the symbols of which are found in the verbal playing cards and in the keys to at-bat and fielding results
79. Holograph diagram of "Final Design" of board on which game was played, and table of possible outcomes for the game. Two additional board diagrams on verso
80. Holograph rules for batting and pitching with table on verso
81. Holograph "Pitching Rules (Strict)" and "Batting Rule". [This leaf is damaged and in two parts. With "Example / Add Runs & Hits Total."
82. Photocopy of holograph in Series 1, Kerouac's alphanumeric system. Verso has "Notes on Game." [See Box 7, folder 30]
83. Holograph notes on "Grd. Balls" with table on verso. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game. 16 cards. [These cards, and the cards in sleeves #9 - #11, use verbal description]
84. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
85. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
86. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
87. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game. [These cards, and the card in sleeves #13 - 36, use symbols for description. These cards were probably used in conjunction with the cardboard card holder/dispenser in Box 62]
88. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
89. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
90. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
91. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
92. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
93. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
94. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
95. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
96. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
97. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
98. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
99. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
100. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
101. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
102. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
103. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
104. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
105. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
106. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
107. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
108. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
109. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
110. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
111. Holograph cards for playing fantasy baseball game
112. Holograph "Two Man Baseball Game" rules, with field diagrams
113. Holograph titled "Worksheets for 1965 Re-invention."
114. Holograph worksheet table for 1965 fantasy baseball game. Table arranged "ABCD - B, K, Foul, HB" and "ABC - ABCD" on verso
115. Holograph worksheet table for 1965 fantasy baseball game. Table arranged "ABCD - ABCD." With table for "Pitchers Average Per 100" on verso
116. Holograph diagram/worksheet for 1965 fantasy baseball game
117. Holograph tables of "Pitchers Average Per 100 Throws Against Each Class Hitter" for 1965 fantasy baseball game
118. Holograph table for batting averages for "Hitters" arranged vertically "ABC - ABC - ABC."
119. Holograph index cards showing tables relating to 1965 fantasy baseball game
120. Holograph batting averages "Roanoke Rapids Blue Jays" for 1965 fantasy baseball game
121. Holograph notebook record of the [1945] fantasy baseball season, comprising "score cards" and box scores of 40-game season, followed by leaf dedicated to All Star games (not recorded). Features 6 teams: "St. Louis La Salles," "Pittsburgh Plymouths," "Detr
122. Holograph notebook ["Ready / Stenographer / Note-book"] of fantasy baseball game results, comprising "score cards" and box scores for 51 games for each team. Features 6 teams: "Jaguars, Chevvies, Cadillacs, Thunderbirds, Chryslers, and Plymouths."
123. Holograph notebook ["Easel Stand / Stenographer's Note Book / Rite-Type"]. Fantasy baseball game results, comprising "score cards" and box scores for 40 games by each team, with brief headline commentaries. Features 8 teams: "Baltimore Roses, Boston Grays
124. Holograph "Baseball" notebook recording fantasy baseball game results. Features 6 teams: "St. Louis, Cadillacs, Washington Chryslers, Pittsburgh Plymouths, Boston Fords, Philadelphia Pontiacs, New York Chevvies." Smaller leaves containing "score cards" an
125. Black cardboard box constructed for use as holder and/or dispenser for fantasy baseball game cards. [See Box 61, sleeves 12-36 for fantasy baseball cards
126. Wooden box featuring a dog [Scottish terrier?] mounted on the lid of the box. The dog is inscribed with the name "Gaby." Possibly used in conjunction with fantasy baseball game cards. There are four toothpicks used for playing the game. [See Box 61, sleev
127. Fantasy Baseball. Holograph batting statistics for baseball teams Boston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, and New York. Verso lists official standings and financial reports of teams