O/T Wagner/Cobb Tobacco
 

I was perusing the newspapers (thanks Tim) and found this article mentioning "Hans Wagner" Cigars. See last paragraph. Thought it was interesting so I thought I would post.

The Ty Cobb tobacco remark seems to be a joke especially since I've seen another article announcing his tobacco brand in March of 1910 so this would be a bit premature for it to mean Ty Cobb Tobacco.


Gainesville Daily Sun October 17, 1909

http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/...b_10_17_09.jpg

I think in this case the Wagner and Cobb "cigar brands" are being used more as a metaphor than actually referring to a specific brand named cigar.

I agree with you on the cobb being metaphor. Cobb (meaning pipe) goose-egg (meaning loser-zero).

But Hans Wagner did have a brand of cigars (see link) and to my thinking, the quotes around his name feels more like a brand reference than a metaphor. JMO

http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/...n/2005/66.html

"Ty Cobb Tobacco"
 

Hi Jason,

If you are delving into the "Ty Cobb Tobacco" debate... Check out the two links below. You may find them helpful, also includes more ads and letters.


http://www.network54.com/Forum/15365...bb+back+debate


http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=122677

97 was a good year for these cards

It's estimated as few as half a dozen copies have survived. Until Lifson came up with five more, that is. Lifson said that a non-collector in Georgia found the cards 10 years ago when going through some of his late grandfather's papers. He didn't realize their value until recently.

http://www.sfgate.com:80/cgi-bin/exa...PORTS14253.dtl