I just picked this item up any info would be appreciated.

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Never seen one of these before. At first, I read the title of this thread and wondered what info the umpire was feeling.

it almost looks to me like the umpire figure and word were ironed on to the fabric, and then someone cut around the iron for the shape.

I recall seeing two similar felts on EBay with players depicted on them, this was about two or three months ago but I don't remember who the players were.

When I first saw the felt, these two came to mind (from Lew Lipset's most recent auction), but I don't think they're related:

similar to this one ....

I have about a dozen of these felts in two different styles. The first group pictures generic baseball figures like the sample shown above. All have the exact same iron shape with the rough hand cut look to them. These have titles under them, e.g. catcher, short stop, etc. The second group is similar to the first except these are pictures of individual players with team identification. Based on the teams and players, the date seems to be 1936-37. I would guess that they come from some sort of game. I wish I knew more about them.