MEARS Monthly Auction #3 - ENDS Thursday Feb. 26 9pm CST w/ 15-minute rule

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Lot #7:

1898 Harvard Football Picture Team Pewter Stein

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This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/27/2009

Awarded to H.W. Stovell (class of 99)is this inscribed football stein. What makes this an incredible piece is that the bottom is actually a glass plate that features a team picture. Many players are wearing the old football union suits so prized by collectors today. The pewter has the usual minor dents and has never been cleaned or polished. From its earliest days as a mob game, football was a violent sport.[1] The 1894 Harvard/Yale game, known as the "Hampden Park Blood Bath" resulted in four players receiving crippling injuries; the rivalry was suspended until 1897. The annual Army-Navy game was similarly suspended from 1894-1898 for similar reasons.[14] One of the major problems was the popularity of mass-formations like the flying wedge where a large number of offensive players changed as a unit against a similarly arranged defense. The resultant collisions often led to serious injuries and often death. A true football relic from the earliest period of ivy league ball. Estimate $400-600. Collection of MEARS staff.