Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/18/2019
Originating from Hobey Baker’s time with Princeton, we have four highly desirable and seldom-seen Ivy League football tickets, highlighted by an example for a game that Baker set a still-standing Princeton record. Included, we have a Princeton Bench Ticket for a Nov 18th match against Yale in 1911, with the Tigers defeating the Bulldogs 6-3. Baker would set a Princeton record in this contest, returning 13 punts for 63 yards. Next, we have a stub for a game against Harvard on Nov 2nd 1912, with the Crimson taking home the victory, 16-6. With Baker now football captain in 1913, we a pair of tickets from a Nov 15th contest vs Yale (3-3 tie), with a Bulldogs-issued stub along with a Princeton Bench Ticket.
All four tickets display well and remain in beautiful condition, ideal for any prominent Ivy League football or Baker collection. The Princeton Bench Tickets are both 3 ¼” x 5 ½”, with just very light handling wear and toning, with the 1911 ticket slightly separating from the cardboard backing along the top. The 1913 stub exhibits just very light wear, while the 1912 stub has a few minor creases along with a bit of clear glue residue, with a small area of paper loss over the upper right reverse corner. Earning almost mythical status and heavily collected despite the intervening century since his passing, Hobart Amory Hare Baker was born in Pennsylvania just before the close of the Victorian era, in 1892. Hailing from a prominent Philadelphia family and the epitome of an attractive blond-haired All-American, Hobey excelled at sport while attending St. Paul's School in Concord, later starring on both the ice rink and gridiron for Princeton. Three successful years would be spent in the Ivy League, with his most notable accomplishments never fumbling a punt for the Tigers, and never losing to Yale. Baker would then add heroics to his growing legend, receiving the Croix de Guerre from the French government for his service as a fighter pilot during the Great War, later losing his life in December of 1918 during a test flight. Widely recognized by contemporaries as one of the greatest natural athletes, Baker would be one of the first nine players inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame upon its founding in 1945, and the only American.
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