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Extremely rare 1913 Mohawk Giants Colored Giants team postcard with “Chappie Johnson”.
Lot 5. Extremely rare 1913 Mohawk Giants Colored Giants team postcard with “Chappie Johnson”. There’s only one copy known of this postcard featuring the famous Mohawk team (Schenectady, N.Y. area). The team was established in 1912 and a year later, the owner engaged one of his players to recruit players. He successfully recruited an amazing young pitcher named Frank Wickware from Coffeyville, Kansas (In the sweater in the back row on the postcard). Wickware, nicknamed the “Red Ant”, outpitched Walter Johnson 1-0, also from Kansas, in an exhibition game in 1913 and pitched to the age of 50. The postcard is in vg-ex condition, has great photo quality and is unused. A typed key to the players is included (“Chappie” Johnson is 2nd from the right in the front row) and a copy of a 1991 article in the SABR Baseball Research Journal about the Mohawk team is also included. Postcards of this type, vintage and rarity have generally sold for thousands of dollars.
Winning Bid $2,197.
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