This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/21/2011
Silk O'Lauighlin was born in Rochester, N.Y., was a major league umpire who was credited with inventing the balls and strikes hand signals used by umpires; later ran for office before dying in 1918 in the post World War I influenza epidemic. Pin is a 1 1/4" celluloid with edge clip at 8, Pulver BP.