T206 Chase with Trophy
 

Please, I need some help. My obsession has kicked into overdrive again and I can't sleep. Can some learned member of this forum please enlighten me and relieve my burden: What is that damn trophy that Prince Hal is holding? Is it American League Champions, crooked player of the decade or what? I am sure I knew before and now it is killing me. SOS John

Tada -

http://baseballresearcher.blogspot.c...-to-chase.html

Justin, bless you. The straight skinny at last. Gracias.

You are welcome sir. :D

Nice, I've been searching for the original image for a while now. Thanks.

The photo is part of the amazing collections held at Detroit Public Library.

The Harwell collection is amazing and more people should call the DPL to ask for appointments so the budget stays. It is absolutely mind blowing some of the pieces Ernie donated.

A good sample has been digitized and can be seen here -

http://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org

Great, informative thread. I enjoyed reading this -- thanks for asking the question, John, and thanks for answering, Justin.

Steve

Thanks for sharing Justin. Yet another great story to this amazing set!

Killer photo.

I love this. I will sleep a little easier tonight.

Tom Shieber's Baseball Researcher blog is consistently great - it should be read by every collector. Look at the most recent entry about Ruth (and Gehrig) in a Harold Lloyd film or at the amazingly detailed legwork he did on the photo used for the K-Bat of Irwin. This is real research.

Bill

Does anyone know the whereabouts of the cup?

I'm drinking my morning coffee out of it right now :D