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1883 Sporting Life - Touchdown Switched to 6 Points

1883 Sporting Life - Touchdown Switched to 6 Points

Important issue from a football standpoint. Front page reads, "The new method of scoring by points is in vogue this year. A goal from touch-down counts 6, a goal from field counts 5..." Also mentions the recently created reserve clause in player contracts. Two major events in one issue!


Past Sports Card, Memorabilia, Non-Sports Card and Collecitble Auction Items

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Circa 1908 Cuban Giants Negro League Baseball Real Photo Team Postcard
1860s General Abner Doubleday CdV by Mathew Brady
Rare 1850s Baseball Award of Merit
Rare 1870s Baseball Stereocard From Morrisville, Vermont
1880s "First Innings" Victorian Woven Silk Stevensgraph - Only One Known, In Original Frame
Civil War Baseball "Muffins" Scorecard - One of the Earliest Known
19th Century "Our Nine" Cigar Box Inner Label
1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings Letter