Lot Essay
One of the most elusive and seldom offered World Series programs of the 1910-20 period for game played between the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Program is titled on the front cover, "Official World's Series Score Card 1918" with interior scoring pages featuring pre-printed player names incl. Ruth, Hooper, Strunk, Merkle, Hollacher, and Paskert. Interior of the 42 page program features dozens of national and Chicago regional advertisements including A.G. Spalding, Helmar Cigarettes, and Edelweiss Beer. Overall size measures 6"x9" with some general light to moderate wear including slight split to the spine and some age toning to the covers. All variants of the 1918 World Series program are very rare with this version numbering at less than five in total making it the most sought after from the trio: VG