Lot of over fifty letters, both ALS and TLS from deceased players, many with interesting baseball content and recollections. Lot includes: Mike Gazella ANS, Davy Jones ALS, Lee Fohl ALS , Johnny Cooney ALS, Phil Wrigley TLS (on Cubs stationery) signed “PKW”, and others: Lee Allen TNS “Lee”; A.C. Allyn (executive) TLS; Jess Altenburg great one-page ALS mentioning Ruth, Cobb, Wagner, Mathewson, Bender, Spahn, and Koufax; Bill Andrus ALS; C. E. [Claude] Berry ANS mentioning that he is “the only catcher …to throw out Ty Cobb twice in one game…” and a second C.E. [Claude] Berry fantastic content 4-page ALS (unsigned) with great anecdotes and mentions of Chief Bender, Connie Mack, Ty Cobb, Ed Plank, etc.; Jimmy Brown ALS; Garland Buckeye ALS; Bob Burke ANS; J.P. Snipe Conley ALS; Bruce Connatser ALS; Fred Coumbe ANS; Hughie Critz ANS “Hughie”; Geo. Cutshaw ANS; A.B. Cypert ANS; Larry Doyle ALS; Frank Drews ALS; Johnny Enzmann ALS; Joe Erautt double-signed ANS; Russell Evans TNS; Pete Fahrer (d.67) second and third pages of a letter double-signed; Horace Ford ANS; Walter French ALS “Walter” with mailing envelope that contains his signature in return address; Oscar “Lefty” Fuhr one-page ALS, in part, “I struck out Ruth 3 times in one game. I walked Haney to load the bases then made Cobb foul out to end the game which Boston won 4-3….”; ALS “WLH” from William Hinrichs recounting his meeting Cy Young; Robert Geary ALS; Joe Giebel 2-page ALS; John Gilligan ANS mentioning Rube Waddell; Jimmy Grant ALS; Kent Greenfield (d.78) ANS; Roy Grover ALS mentions Connie Mack and Babe Ruth; Mule Haas fantastic one-page note (unsigned) recounting his greatest thrill when the A’s came from behind 8-0 and scored 8 runs in one inning in the 1929 world series to beat the Cubs 10-8 and he hit a 3-run homer in that inning!; Jack Hallett ALS stating “best hitter Ted Williams…”; Fred Haney ALS “Fred”; Roy Hansen 2-page ALS mentioning Ruth, Johnson, Sisler, E. Collins, Schalk, and Buck Weaver and providing great and humorous advice: “as far as anybody telling you how to pitch…you found out what you were doing wrong when they were hitting to (sic) many line drives off your shins or somebody else's…”; Bill Hart ALS; Robert L. Hasbrook 2-page ALS with a fantastic first-hand story about facing Babe Ruth; 2-page ALS “Johnny D.” recounting Ty Cobb recommending to buy Coca Cola stock to him and to Eddie Collins (Cobb made a fortune in Coke stock); Mickey Heath TLS; Gordon Hinkle ALS; W. L. Hinrichs TLS “WLH” mentioning Cy Young; Wm. H. Hogan ANS; Howard Holland ALS; Berlyn Horne ALS; Ira Hutchinson TLS; Walt Irwin TLS; W.L. “Bill” James ANS; A. Rankin Johnson Sr. ALS; Bob Joyce ALS recounting the two times he faced Ruth (and Ruth hit a home run in one of those encounters); Gerald Gee Walker 2-page ALS. In very good condition. R&R COA.
