NAR: This Month in Real Estate History: Realtors' Cowhide Busters took on "all who would meet them"

FEBRUARY 2008 -- In 1927 the Board of Realtors of the Oranges and Maplewood (N.J.) took to the baseball diamond. According to the National Real Estate Journal they got off to a late start, "too late to put out a team of the caliber of the World's Series." Nevertheless, the publication noted, the team "piled up an enviable record."

All players were active or associate members of the Board. The "Cowhide Busters" played the Newark and Trenton boards and filled in the schedule with "all teams who would meet them." Opponents included Newstead, Columbia, and the Greenwood Collegiates.

A benefit card party and donations from real estate offices paid for the uniforms. In addition to offering local REALTORS® a team to root for, the Journal added there was "no small amount of advertising and publicity."

When this photo appeared in the February 1928 issue, the magazine noted that "great things are expected of the team" in the coming season.

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