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Title	R344 Rabbit Maranville ‘How To’
Year	1936
Size	3″ x 3 3/4″
Images	Brown Ink
Type	Candy/Gum
Number in Set	20

R344 Rabbit Maranville ‘How To’ Overview

The 1936 R344 Rabbit Maranville ‘How To’ set is a series of instructional booklets with tips from the player about many different baseball-related topics. The front featured a cartoon image as well as the topic (i.e. How to Throw, How to Run Bases, etc.). The set was produced by National Chicle.

The insides of the booklets provided instruction on the topic in question and the back was a continuation of that. Backs also advertised that the booklets were distributed with the Batter Up set (R318). The backs also stated that there were many other Maranville booklets giving ‘inside secrets’ from Maranville in his 23 years of Major League baseball.

In all, there are 20 booklets in the set. Each booklet measures approximately 3″ wide x 3 3/4″ tall. The booklets had a total of four panels (front cover, two inside panels, back panel).

All printing in the booklet is done in a brownish/maroon color. Books were produced in 1936, the year after Maranville had retired as a player.

R344 Rabbit Maranville ‘How To’ Checklist

1. Pitch the Out Shoot
2. Throw the inshoot
3. Pitch the Drop
4. Pitch the Floater
5. Run the Bases
6. Slide
7. Catch Flies
8. Field Grounders
9. Tag a Man Out
10. Cover a Base
11. Bat
12. Steal Bases
13. Bunt
14. Coach Base Runners
15. Catch Behind the Bat
16. Throw to Bases
17. Signal
18. Umpire – Call Balls and Strikes
19. Umpire – Bases
20. Lay out a Ball Field

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