orig./Sharp! 1939 Philadelphia A's JACK COOMBS **Catching Baseball Pamphlet #4**

Description

>Offered here for your consideration is an
old & original
1939 Atlantic White Flash Gasoline & Oil
vintage baseball pamphlet
, featuring Philadelphia Athletics pitcher JACK COOMBS
!!
Please see all
four
photos, as they are an important part of my description. This
high-grade
1939-dated fold-out pamphlet was issued as a promotion for
Atlantic White Flash Motor Oil
. This was pamphlet #4 of the six (6) baseball-themed pamphlets issued with the
Philadelphia A's
pitcher sharing his "baseball tips", with this pamphlet simply entitled
"Catching".
My first two photos pictures the pamphlet in its folded form and measures approximately 6 3/4" x 4 1/4"; my final two pics show the pamphlet fully opened up. The back page features a promotion for
Atlantic Gasoline & Oil
, which describes this rather
scarce
baseball ephemera as well as an opportunity to win a trip to the 1939 World Series (if you clipped the coupon and sent it away; the coupon remains fully intact). Nifty piece of vintage baseball memorabilia!
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History
:
Jack Coombs
(aka John Wesley Coombs) was a top-flight Major League Baseball player who was a pitcher mainly for the
Philadelphia Athletics
but also the
Brooklyn Robins
and
Detroit Tigers
. A two-way player, Coombs also occasionally played the outfield. Coombs set a number of American League and World League records which still stand and, when he won 31 games while losing only nine in 1910, he became one of only 13 pitchers to win 30 games in a season since 1900. Coombs was born in
LeGrand, Iowa
and moved with family to
Kennebunk, Maine
at the age of four. Coombs was a graduate of Colby College, and was later nicknamed
"Colby Jack"
after his alma mater. He later coached baseball for the
Duke Blue Devils
(1929-1952); their baseball field is named after him. Coombs pitching record was an impressive 158-110, with a low ERA of 2.78. He was a 3-time World Series champion.
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Condition:
the pamphlet is in extremely *FINE SHAPE* overall, barely exhibiting
any
age/handling faults...
nice!!!
This vintage pamphlet is "crisp & clean"...a perfect addition to one's high-grade collection!
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