Volume 01
Container
Contains 19 Results:
Brooklyn Atlantics Baseball Club, undated
File — Volume: 01, Folder: 09
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This is a scrapbook compiled by Alphonse Case (A.C.) “Phonney” Martin concerning the invention of the curve ball. This scrapbook consists of typed and handwritten manuscript pages, clippings, correspondence, and handwritten notes. The contents of this manuscript reflects Martin’s work in positing that either Bob Matthews or Martin himself, rather than Candy Cummings, was the first to pitch a curve ball. The scrapbook is divided into chapter-like sections and also includes miscellaneous...
Dates:
undated
Union Baseball Club, 1855-1870
File — Volume: 01, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This is a scrapbook compiled by Alphonse Case (A.C.) “Phonney” Martin concerning the invention of the curve ball. This scrapbook consists of typed and handwritten manuscript pages, clippings, correspondence, and handwritten notes. The contents of this manuscript reflects Martin’s work in positing that either Bob Matthews or Martin himself, rather than Candy Cummings, was the first to pitch a curve ball. The scrapbook is divided into chapter-like sections and also includes miscellaneous...
Dates:
1855-1870
New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, 1880-1887
File — Volume: 01, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This is a scrapbook compiled by Alphonse Case (A.C.) “Phonney” Martin concerning the invention of the curve ball. This scrapbook consists of typed and handwritten manuscript pages, clippings, correspondence, and handwritten notes. The contents of this manuscript reflects Martin’s work in positing that either Bob Matthews or Martin himself, rather than Candy Cummings, was the first to pitch a curve ball. The scrapbook is divided into chapter-like sections and also includes miscellaneous...
Dates:
1880-1887
The New York Team: Kaleidoscopic Era in Giants History, undated
File — Volume: 01, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This is a scrapbook compiled by Alphonse Case (A.C.) “Phonney” Martin concerning the invention of the curve ball. This scrapbook consists of typed and handwritten manuscript pages, clippings, correspondence, and handwritten notes. The contents of this manuscript reflects Martin’s work in positing that either Bob Matthews or Martin himself, rather than Candy Cummings, was the first to pitch a curve ball. The scrapbook is divided into chapter-like sections and also includes miscellaneous...
Dates:
undated
History of the Star Baseball Club, 1866-1871
File — Volume: 01, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This is a scrapbook compiled by Alphonse Case (A.C.) “Phonney” Martin concerning the invention of the curve ball. This scrapbook consists of typed and handwritten manuscript pages, clippings, correspondence, and handwritten notes. The contents of this manuscript reflects Martin’s work in positing that either Bob Matthews or Martin himself, rather than Candy Cummings, was the first to pitch a curve ball. The scrapbook is divided into chapter-like sections and also includes miscellaneous...
Dates:
1866-1871
Brooklyn Eckford Baseball Club, undated
File — Volume: 01, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This is a scrapbook compiled by Alphonse Case (A.C.) “Phonney” Martin concerning the invention of the curve ball. This scrapbook consists of typed and handwritten manuscript pages, clippings, correspondence, and handwritten notes. The contents of this manuscript reflects Martin’s work in positing that either Bob Matthews or Martin himself, rather than Candy Cummings, was the first to pitch a curve ball. The scrapbook is divided into chapter-like sections and also includes miscellaneous...
Dates:
undated
Baseball: the History, Statistics, and Romance of the National Game, undated
File — Volume: 01, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This is a scrapbook compiled by Alphonse Case (A.C.) “Phonney” Martin concerning the invention of the curve ball. This scrapbook consists of typed and handwritten manuscript pages, clippings, correspondence, and handwritten notes. The contents of this manuscript reflects Martin’s work in positing that either Bob Matthews or Martin himself, rather than Candy Cummings, was the first to pitch a curve ball. The scrapbook is divided into chapter-like sections and also includes miscellaneous...
Dates:
undated
Articles, undated
File — Volume: 01, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This is a scrapbook compiled by Alphonse Case (A.C.) “Phonney” Martin concerning the invention of the curve ball. This scrapbook consists of typed and handwritten manuscript pages, clippings, correspondence, and handwritten notes. The contents of this manuscript reflects Martin’s work in positing that either Bob Matthews or Martin himself, rather than Candy Cummings, was the first to pitch a curve ball. The scrapbook is divided into chapter-like sections and also includes miscellaneous...
Dates:
undated
Clippings, Martin's obituary, 1933, undated
File — Volume: 01, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This is a scrapbook compiled by Alphonse Case (A.C.) “Phonney” Martin concerning the invention of the curve ball. This scrapbook consists of typed and handwritten manuscript pages, clippings, correspondence, and handwritten notes. The contents of this manuscript reflects Martin’s work in positing that either Bob Matthews or Martin himself, rather than Candy Cummings, was the first to pitch a curve ball. The scrapbook is divided into chapter-like sections and also includes miscellaneous...
Dates:
1933, undated