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Hey batter,batter,batter!!!....SWING!!!!!. As most of us know Nipper is a heavy hitter in our collecting community. Heck, I would have loved to have him on my team. He would have taken a bite out of the opposing teams runners.... .

According to the Rolfs book "Nipper Collectibles Vol. 1".... the Victor advertising dept was hoping Victor dealers were willing to buy this baseball display Victor first offered on August 15 1921 to place in their front windows. Dealers would then arrange The small stadium with the 24 players (12 red & 12 blue) and 1 Umpire Nipper and utilizing regular Penn Nippers as spectators.

The dealer would have his name embossed into the base of each Nipper and given away as promotional pieces.

Victor even suggested that dealers record the scores of hometown games, National League games and especially the World's Series scores "inning by inning" on the scoreboard provided.

What a way to draw a crowd in front of your window. Probably not seen again until TV's were placed into store windows... ,

This is the first baseball Nipper I have been able to buy.

If any members have more or enough (twenty four more)...we could have an "away" game.... .

As far as I know....the ribbon around this Nippers neck is a past owners addition... .

From the Shorpy web site, we have this dealer's creative use of Nippers. Since the pic is in black & white, we can only guess the colors of the "shirts" on the various players. If this link doesn't work, this pic is entitled "Nipper at Bat" if you need to search it out directly on the Shorpy site. Wonder if this dealer was copying the old Griffith Stadium that was here in DC for this display?

http://www.shorpy.com/node/4037

What a fun find. Jerry

Kirkwood wrote:From the Shorpy web site, we have this dealer's creative use of Nippers. Since the pic is in black & white, we can only guess the colors of the "shirts" on the various players. If this link doesn't work, this pic is entitled "Nipper at Bat" if you need to search it out directly on the Shorpy site. Wonder if this dealer was copying the old Griffith Stadium that was here in DC for this display?

http://www.shorpy.com/node/4037

That's a great pic. However, there is no guess work needed regarding the players jersey colors. Victor makes it clear in their advertisement as 12 red & 12 blue. Oh, and one black for the Umpire.
I would have loved to see the whole set up in living color. It must have been a real sight.
Actually, I just noticed the glass "Victrolas" sign hanging above the field. I have a sign similar to this... .

This may be the world's first clock made from a record!
James.

Nice to see the little guy in a Blue Jays jersey.

Torjazzer wrote:Nice to see the little guy in a Blue Jays jersey.

Lol! I was just about to post the exact same thing!

Quick guys!!!....the game is on.... We can get some Chop Suey next door after the game.

I'm fond of saying that although our two dogs aren't actually the biggest baseball fans, they are often intentionally walked!

Now for the REAL question... Who has the stadium???