Old Handmade Baseball Counter carved wooden brush Arthur Tilo Alt (1931-2019)--a scholar

Arthur Tilo Alt (1931-2019)--a scholar and professor of German in Yiddish language and literature in the Judaic studies program at Duke University--which came from his estate in Younsgsville

which--pleasingly to me--seems like it was not quite perfectly executed

and then a few brown crayon lines for the ground and a pencil scribble or good measure

Made for standard size candles and iery good vintage condition

Old Handmade Baseball Counter carved wooden brush Arthur Tilo Alt (1931-2019)--a scholarI've got a super weakness for handmade scoring devices, especially when they relate to baseball, including with nostalgia for growing up with a brother who mowed the lawn in the shape of a diamond for endless backyard wiffle ball games. It seems to me that the top dial on this one would indicate the outcome of any given at bat, while pegs on the diamond below would indicate positions of base runners. I'm not quite sure though in what context this