John Montgomery ward

Let’s get a better card for this fellow. Has only a 950K card.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/spor ... =url-share

‘He pitched a perfect game, won a National League E.R.A. title, collected 164 wins as a pitcher and 2,107 hits as a position player, had a 111-steal season, became a lawyer, organized a union, formed his own professional league and, just for fun, developed such a strong golf game that he finished second in a prestigious tournament.”

nom a card 4 him

Totally agree. Here's a prescient quote from Ward in the NYT story:

“The only thing now lacking to forever establish base-ball as our national sport is a more liberal encouragement of the amateur element. Professional base-ball may have its ups and downs according as its directors may be wise or the contrary, but the foundation upon which it all is built, its hold upon the future, is in the amateur enthusiasm for the game. The professional game must always be confined to the larger towns, but every hamlet may have its amateur team, and let us see to it that their games are encouraged.”

Baseball is best when it's played everywhere!