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Boston Braves..... BABE RUTH SCORER... A 1930s Very Rare Original and Authentic QUAKER OATS Historic high-grade Babe Ruth SCORE. MINT and Rarely seen, Ruth is pictured wearing a Boston Braves cap. Ruth was released from the Yankees after the 1934 season and joined Boston the following year..During the mid-1930s, Babe Ruth was the principal spokesperson for QUAKER OATS Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice cereals and he appeared in nearly all of the company??s printed advertisements. The "lure" of that advertising campaign was the offer of prizes that could only be obtained through the redemption of box tops of Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat cereal. Naturally, nearly all of the prizes related to Babe Ruth in some way. The scorer pictures Ruth on the front and features five dials on the reverse to record, respectively, the runs for both the home team and visitors, strike, balls, and outs. |