Found a neat signed index card by George Cutshaw. I like that the person who mailed it to him had some questions prepared and I’ve since seen other signed index card with this info. George was a Bloomer in 1908 and 1909 and went on to have a nice big league career. I like that he called out that he had 6 singles in a game in Chicago as a Brooklyn Dodger. That was August 9, 1915 at West Side Field in Chicago. I’ve also include George’s 1914 B-18 Blanket and a link to an image of George when his wife and he visiting Bloomington in the late-50s. My friend and librarian at the McLean County (IL) Museum of History, Bill Kemp, shared the photo with me.

https://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/p16614coll82/id/44404/rec/2

One of my projects is collecting cards, photos, autos, and other random memorabilia of players with some relationship to Bloomington-Normal, IL - esp. minor league teams from 1887 to 1939. Here is a 1914 B-18 Blanket of George Moriarty. George played for the Bloomington Blues in 1902 and went on to have a long and varied big league career. He was a player, a manager, and an umpire at various points. He was also a newspaper columnist, a songwriter, and a poet! He was known as a tough guy who once fought 5 White Sox players at once when he was an ump. A sportswriter said old George was losing it because he fought those 5 fellas to a draw. You can read more about George at his SABR bio (link below). As an aside, his grandson is Michael Moriarty, who played Ben Stone on Law and Order, among other roles.

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/george-moriarty/