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1946 Ted Williams Hillerich & Bradsby Cardboard Advertising Display
Presented is a wonderful in-store cardboard advertising display created by famous sports cartoonist Sam Davis and featuring Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame slugger Ted Williams and his marvelous American League MVP season of 1946. The 14.75x19.75" advertising display was designed for Hillerich and Bradsby Louisville Slugger bats, the company that crafted bats for Williams. Davis was with the newspaper Enterprise Association from about 1923-45, and after World War II he worked for the Long Island Press and the Long Island Star Journal. The Davis illustration shows great color, and he uses fine grouping, lettering and action cartoons to showcase the Splendid Splinter's amazing '46 campaign. The display includes two drawings of Williams, the larger one showing his classic follow-through, and the smaller image showing Ted poised to swing. The display includes plenty of Ted's '46 statistics, including his 176 hits, 37 doubles, 38 homers, 142 runs, and 123 RBIs. In a foreshadowing of today's frequent, and extreme defensive shifting, the ad display states that Williams accomplished his great offensive totals despite the "Boudreau Shift," in which Cleveland Indians' manager Lou Boudreau shifted players to the right side in an attempt to slow down Williams' onslaught. The illustration humorously shows three cowering defensive players, all positioned near second base and variously commenting, "Please pop up," and "Walk him," and "Keep him away from here." The display has the original easel back. It has a few tack holes at the corners and along the top edge. There is some very slight paper loss along the margins and some very slight creasing and minor fading. Overall, despite any minor defects, almost entirely near the margins, the ad display is in excellent condition and exhibits great eye appeal, and it showcases the talents of a masterful sports cartoonist paying homage to one of baseball's all-time great hitters in a vintage, over 75-year-old, alluring presentation.
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