The problem is that baseball players were not really being asked for their autographs in 1902-06 or whenever this card was "signed". Pretty much the only autographs of Baseball players from that era are letters, documents, and the occassional team signed banquet menu or something like that. When a Baseball player signed a photo from this era it was almost always with a long salutation to a sports writer or family friend or something. The context of when this was supposedly signed simply does not match up with all the possibilities that have been brought up to create a scenario where this could be a signature and not just an identification.
A Baseball player from this era might have been asked for his autograph 10 times in an entire season, and even then only if they were a big star. I would think they would take their time when such a rare showing of admiration would display itself and not scribble an illegible little thing on the bottom margin!
Just my opinion.
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