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Old 05-06-2004, 03:12 PM
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Default E126 ... Who Is Card 5????

Posted By: Todd (nolemmings)

and he identifies this card by name in the narrative as being E.T. Cox, who only pitched in one game.

Seems it is more likely Les, for although he only pitched in 2 games, at least they were in 1926--closer to the date of issue. Geroge is unlikely if he did not pitch until 1928.

As for the issue date, I thought Lew wrote that it can be traced to 1927 because Cobb and Speaker are shown for the new teams they just just joined that year.

E126 used a lot of old photos, as did other sets from that period of mid to late 20s. I remember seeing a card from one of those sets claiming to be Bill Terry when it clearly was Zeb Terry, with the same photo taken from the E135 Collins-McCarthy set-- a set issued several years before Bill Terry broke into big league ball.

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