1927 Yankees ball

[mighty bombjack]

This ball has walked into my local card shop. The Ruth looks off to me (though I'm no Ruth expert), but the others look pretty good. I believe the owner is going to send it in to a TPA.

Any thoughts are appreciated.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff105/mighty-bombjack/zzz/DSC_0181_zps01265643.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/mighty-bombjack/media/zzz/DSC_0181_zps01265643.jpg.html)

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff105/mighty-bombjack/zzz/DSC_0182_zps6b8a1145.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/mighty-bombjack/media/zzz/DSC_0182_zps6b8a1145.jpg.html)

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff105/mighty-bombjack/zzz/DSC_0183_zps0ba4f12c.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/mighty-bombjack/media/zzz/DSC_0183_zps0ba4f12c.jpg.html)

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff105/mighty-bombjack/zzz/DSC_0184_zpsaa2c90eb.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/mighty-bombjack/media/zzz/DSC_0184_zpsaa2c90eb.jpg.html)

[RelicSports]

I believe the Ruth is "clubhouse." Unsure of all the others, but a really good looking ball. Gehrig looks good to me. Thanks for sharing the photos

[David Atkatz]

Ruth and Huggins are clubhouse.

[mighty bombjack]

Ruth and Huggins are clubhouse.

Care to share any details about the Huggins?

[bender07]

Ruth and Huggins are clubhouse.
I would have thought the Gehrig too?

[slidekellyslide]

Doesn't Gehrig's first and last name usually touch on his autograph?

[mschwade]

Doesn't Gehrig's first and last name usually touch on his autograph?

I am not sure of the periods, but there was a time that the u in Lou would continue in cursive to the capital G. But there was also a time when he broke off after the u and Gehrig was separate. EDIT: I also think there was a time where he scrapped the u and he signed Lo and continued on from the o into the capital G.

[David Atkatz]

The "Gehrig" that appears on that ball is a perfect 1927-style signature. He didn't start running his first and last names together until the 1930s. And even then, when he signed carefully, the two names were separate.

1927:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/datkatz/1927yankeesgehrig.jpg (http://s82.photobucket.com/user/datkatz/media/1927yankeesgehrig.jpg.html)

1937:
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/datkatz/gehrigandchild.jpg (http://s82.photobucket.com/user/datkatz/media/gehrigandchild.jpg.html)

"careful" 1937:
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/datkatz/gehrigPC.jpg (http://s82.photobucket.com/user/datkatz/media/gehrigPC.jpg.html)

[mighty bombjack]

Thanks for the input guys. I definitely enjoyed holding and inspecting the ball, and I think it is clearly a period ball with mostly legit autos.

David, as I am in the market for a Huggins auto, can you share what about this one points you towards clubhouse? The H looks different than others I've seen, but the rest looks good to me.

[David Atkatz]

It's just "off," Wayne.

Here's a Huggins on a 1923 ball:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/datkatz/1923oalhuggins.jpg (http://s82.photobucket.com/user/datkatz/media/1923oalhuggins.jpg.html)

And here's a Huggins-endorsed paycheck:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/datkatz/huggens_check_verso_zps80ec4fe8.jpg (http://s82.photobucket.com/user/datkatz/media/huggens_check_verso_zps80ec4fe8.jpg.html)

What do you think?

[mighty bombjack]

I do not have many baseballs in my collection, and all but one are IP. I have no team signed balls. When I inspected this one, I was amazed at how small the Huggins auto is, and signing in such a small spot would alter one's signature a bit. I see that it is a bit off, but I feel it may be within the realm of authenticity.

On the other hand, I do not like the capital H on it in comparison to yours and Rom K's exemplars.

Oh well, it is certainly strictly academic for me at this point. I hope to score a Huggins, but this one won't be it.

Thanks again.