John Hancock Ink Blotter

In 1949 the John Hancock Insurance Company ran the Mighty Casey "He Never Struck Out At All" national magazine Ad campaign. The company also produced posters, and ink blotters which coincide with the ads. The John Hancock produced ink blotter feature "Casey At The Bat" artwork on the left, done by renown illustrator Albert Dorne, co-founder of correspondence schools for aspiring artists, photographers, and writers.

The original oil painting hung in Buzzie Bavasi's office behind his desk. Bavasi was General Manager of the Brooklyn/LA Dodgers from 1951-1968, the San Diego Padres, 1969-1972 (president from 1973-1976), and GM of the California Angels from 1977-1984. To the top right of the "Casey At The Bat" artwork, is a small segment of the full magazine poem titled "He Never Struck out at all" which reads:

He let two go by and whiffed the third And for a little while to the Mudville fans he was the world’s biggest bum.

But the mighty Casey didn’t really strike out He’d be glad to tell you why if you’ve got a minute”

“Way I see it” says Casey “baseball is like everything else American Everybody comes out ahead when the game is played clean.

Where else does a guy get three swipes at the ball and even if he strikes out lie gets another chance at bat?'

“Where else do they score a guy on how good he is and not on whether hi name is Robinson Greenberg Kurowski DiMaggio or Casey?

“And where else do the winner and loser keep on being friends because there’s always another game next week and you’re never out of the race until you quit?

“Thing I’m trying to say” says Casey “is that nobody really strikes out on this big sandlot of ours Everybody wins in the American kind of ball Know what I mean?”

“All Americans know what he means. And in a warm corner of the people’s imagination the outfielders still move back to the next town when the mighty Casey comes to bat.

We like his style and we like the game he played His is the kind of ball we all play when we work hard for our home teams when we put aside some savings and life insurance to give our kids their chance at bat”.

The bottom right Reads: Harold M Lewis, Agent, 89 Main Street, Worchester 8 Massachusetts, Telephone 6-4353 - 2-6493, followed by and below, "John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company Boston, Massachusetts."

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