Let's play the same game as we did with the T206's....Show your T205 HOFer cards
 

T205 HOFers......let's post all 30 cards of them....I will provide the Check-list in my next post. Right now we are experiencing a powerful thunder storm here, and I have
to shut down our computers.

Miller Huggins is my first entry to this game. I love this run.

My favorite T205 is Miller Huggins. I have included him in my Yankees collection. I started following BB at the age of 9 in the Fall of 1947. There are several reasons why
I became a Yankees fan....the most powerful reason being the exciting 1947 World Series. In 1949, Casey Stengel became the Yankees Manager, much to the chagrin of
the NY Sports media. They referred to Stengel as a "clown", or whatever. Every year (1949-1953) Stengel had the "last laugh" after 5 consecutive World Series victories.
I digressed to Stengel for a moment as a similar example of the initial NY media response to Huggins when he became Manager of the Yankees (1918). Huggins suffered
the brunt of considerable criticism from the NY media. But, Huggins certainly had the "last laugh" in the Yankees successful 6 seasons (1921-1923, and 1926-1928).
Both Huggins and Stengel had a keen eye for talent. It was Miller Huggins who persuaded Col. Jacob Ruppert (Yankees owner) to acquire Babe Ruth from Boston in 1919.

My Huggins run is 82 % complete. The two HASSAN cards are not that difficult to find; therefore, when I acquire them, I can say for now I have a completed Run of the
11 confirmed backs.
Huggins has not yet been confirmed with a DRUM back. His American Beauty back is printed in Black ink. Therefore, I expect his DRUM card eventually will be discovered.


A - B - C - D connection

. https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...ugginsT205.jpg . . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...Huggins25x.jpg
. . . . . . . . . . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...nsT205ABbx.jpg . . . . . . . . . .https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...uggins25bx.jpg




---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...Piedmont25.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...y30x649bkx.jpg-----https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...ngCutT205b.jpg-------https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...iedmont25b.jpg
Factory #30 ...….....….………………… Factory #649



https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...Piedmont42.jpghttps://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...SweetCap42.jpg

. . . . . . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...edmont42bx.jpg . . . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...weetCap42b.jpg
Factory #42


T205 PIEDMONT Factory #42 cards are quite tough to find. Especially, very difficult for any T205 in the A-B-C-D group of 32 subjects (which includes Huggins).



TED Z

T206 Reference
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This Wheat was in the first group of 5 vintage cards I purchased in early 1980's at a card show for very small money. It was a couple decades or so before I realized that it having a Broadleaf back made the card a little extra special.

Brian

Let's play the same game as we did with the T206's....Show your T205 HOFer cards
 

We recently had a lot of fun doing this with the T206's, so now let's give it a try with T205's.

The RULES are simply:

1....Show a T205 HOFer card from your collection each day. Only one HOF subject per each of your posts.
Multiple cards of this same subject with the various backs is certainly acceptable.
Also, including a story with your post is appreciated.

2....Please review the Check-list below prior to posting to see if your HOFer has NOT already been posted.

3...Please limit your post to one HOF subject per day, so that everyone can participate.
Grade of cards is immaterial....Vg (or less) is as good as near Mint.


CHECK-LIST (30 subjects)…..updated 7-10-2020 7:47 AM EST

Baker
Bender -------------------------------- POSTED
Bresnahan (mouth closed) ---------- POSTED
Bresnahan (mouth open)
Mordecai Brown ---------------------- POSTED
Chance -------------------------------- POSTED
Clarke --------------------------------- POSTED
Cobb ---------------------------------- POSTED
Eddie Collins (mouth closed) -------- POSTED
Eddie Collins (mouth open) ---------- POSTED
Jimmy Collins ------------------------- POSTED
Duffy
Evers ---------------------------------- POSTED
Griffith -------------------------------- POSTED
Huggins ------------------------------- POSTED
Jennings
Johnson ------------------------------- POSTED
Joss ----------------------------------- POSTED
Marquard
Mathewson ---------------------------- POSTED
Mathewson
(Variation only on CYCLE bk) -------- POSTED
McGraw
Speaker ------------------------------- POSTED
Tinker --------------------------------- POSTED
Wallace (with cap) ------------------- POSTED
Wallace (no cap and
1 line of 1910 Stats) ----------------- POSTED
Wallace (no cap and
2 lines of 1910 Stats) ---------------- POSTED
Walsh --------------------------------- POSTED
Wheat --------------------------------- POSTED
Cy Young ------------------------------ POSTED


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Ty
 

about 15 yrs ago I traded Bryan Dec a Sawyer Biscuit set plus or minus a few bucks for this card. It was at a Philly or Chantilly Show... I had it until I sold it in my first collection sale. When I saw LOTG have it again not too long ago, it had my name on it.

https://luckeycards.com/tyt205.jpg

Matty

(edit): I guess Cycle counts as a different card in the list, but this is the only image I've got right now, so this post can not-count for Cycle if someone else wants to post one!

Story: I first learned about Mathewson from a kids' book on great baseball moments at my local public library back when I was 7 or 8. The book must have been published before the '60s, and it was a small hardback, but I don't remember the title of the book or really anything about it except that it had stories of the Merkle game and the 1920 World Series, among other chapters.

https://images2.imgbox.com/b9/0b/o4XGjuZW_o.jpg

The Old Fox
 

Clark Griffith pitched in 20 MLB seasons, winning 237 games. He also helped Ban Johnson make the inaugural American League talented enough to compete with the National League. Beginning in 1912 he ran and eventually owned the Washington AL team until he died in 1955.
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1594067077
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1594067104
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1594067118
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1594067129
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1594067139
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1594067148

Ted,

I can't wait to see the T205 Rube Waddell[emoji3]

John

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Young

Tinker
 

Joe Tinker Polar Bear

Mr. Bender, plus a hole punch. But not a round one, the hole has a weird notch in it. I'd like to know the story here, but it's probably nothing more than "kid with oddly shaped hole punch decides to try it out on a baseball card".

Let's play the same game as we did with the T206's....Show your T205 HOFer cards
 

Michael

Nice run of Matty's…..and, no problem regarding your CYCLE card with the "1 (instead of 11) Loss in the 1908 stats. It's more of a mis-print than a variation,
as I think all the CYCLE cards of Matty have the "1" there.

So, you have accounted for the two Matty's in the Check-list.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Here's one of mine.

Sorry, Ted, but I don't have a story to go with these.

Waddell
 

Isnt in the set.

Eric

Let's play the same game as we did with the T206's....Show your T205 HOFer cards
 

Let's start this day with Jimmy Collins......


https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...mmycollins.jpg . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...mmycollins.jpg


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Roger Bresnahan mouth-closed
 

Here's a lower grade Bresnahan. It does have a Piedmont 42 back, which is nice.

Let's play the same game as we did with the T206's....Show your T205 HOFer cards
 

Rob....Troy....Val

Could you please include your T205 cards again on your respective posts.

Thanks guys,

TED Z

T206 Reference
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My name is not Rob, Troy or Val, but I added the Wheat scans back to my post.

Brian

Let's play the same game as we did with the T206's....Show your T205 HOFer cards
 

Eddie Collins

Check-out the back of this card......Collins was Double-printed (horizontally).


https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...smiscut50x.jpg . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...insWCbk50x.jpg


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Let's play the same game as we did with the T206's....Show your T205 HOFer cards
 

rats60

Unbelievable !

You posted your Collins while I was typing up my Collins.

What is the probability of this occurring again ?


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Since there's currently no Addie love, here you go!

I have never submitted a card for grading but this is one I have seriously considered.
Johnhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...376f3b524c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...6496be0219.jpg

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A T205 Evers was the first T205 I owned, back in the late '90s.

Missing Honest and Polar Bear.

https://images2.imgbox.com/61/76/b91AwWcK_o.jpg

How about a Wallace with Cap! I'll save the other two for others to share.

I'll finish the Wallace variations so as to make it easier on you, Ted! ;)

Here's a Eddie Collins mouth closed.

I was just reposting it. I had posted it yesterday but it vanished overnight.

I have all the T205 Hall of Fame cards except the Mathewson Cycle variation. Does any body know how many could have an Honest Long Cut back? I have 18 of the cards listed with HLC backs and know 2 were not possible; Jimmy Collins and the previously mentioned Mathewson 1 loss variation. So that would leave me wondering about 10 cards and the possibility of an HLC back. They are Bresnahan-mouth open, Clarke, Duffy, Evers, Jennings, Joss, Tinker, Wallace-2 lines, Walsh and Young.

Here is my only Polar Bear T205 Hall of Famer that should be added to the list to make 30 total cards of 25 different players.

Thanks for any HLC info you can provide on those 10 cards.

Johnhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2d80efd367.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...6e213997ba.jpg

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These can be found with Honest backs:
Clarke, Duffy, Evers, Jennings, Tinker, Walsh, Young
These are not:
Bresnahan-mouth open, Joss, Wallace-2 lines

Thanks for the info...it's much appreciated. I will keep my eyes open for those 7 cards.

John

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Evidently late to the party, but here is what I posted:

Thanks to the T205.org website (no longer around?) from one Net54 member whose availability list was greatly enhanced by another member, the following 6 of the 10 on your list should exist:

Duffy
Evers
Jennings
Tinker
Walsh
Young

The other 4 no, but you never know...(perhaps the Clarke has been discovered, as it hadn't been at time I printed the master checklist 2013)

Brian

Thanks Brian.

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Let's play the same game as we did with the T206's....Show your T205 HOFer cards
 

My original total was 30 cards (including variations) depicting HOFers when I started
this game. But, I mistakenly listed Waddell instead of Walsh. My bad.

I found my Walsh card stashed out of sight in my archived stack of graded cards......

https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...dWalshT205.jpg



I guess I'm getting feeble-minded in my old age :)

Thanks for correcting me.


OK guys, only 7 remaining HOFers to post.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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With Mr. Brown down we go to 6 Fame of Hallers.

Brian

What tobacco brand if the 11 possible has the most possible backs of these 30 T205 cards? With the info posted Honest Long Cut could have 24 or 25 of these cards. Could any other brand claim more than that of these 30 cards?

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There should be Piedmonts of all except for Jimmy Collins, Matty Cycle, and Wallace no-Cap 1-line.

I figured either Piedmont or Sweet Caporal might have as many as 25 to 28.

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Let's play the same game as we did with the T206's....Show your T205 HOFer cards
 

I'm not quite sure what you are asking here. But, I can attest to the 32 subjects listed here that can be found with 12 different backs which include HONEST LONG CUT.

James Austin
John Bates
Beals Becker *
George Bell
William Bergen
Russell Blackburne
Albert Bridwell
Mordecai Brown
Harold Chase (border on shirt)
Frank Corridon
Thomas Downey
Louis Evans
George Graham (blue signature)
Buck Herzog *
Richard Hoblitzell
Miller Huggins *
Jack Knight
A. Latham
Thomas Leach
John Lobert *

Briscoe Lord
Patrick Moran
Frederick Olmstead
George Paskert
Fred Payne
Edward Phelps
John Quinn
Lewis Richie
David Shean
George Stone
Zach Wheat *
Harry Wolter

*….not yet confirmed with the DRUM back.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Unless my data is again outta date-a, Polar Bear backs should be seen for all Hall of Famers except Joss and the Cycle-only Mathewson 1 loss error back.

Brian

Maybe some Home Run Baker for a Friday?

Here is a Jennings.

Forgot to post the photos! I'm a DOPE!

GregZ, I'm pretty sure you posted those yesterday. I was not logged-in, so I didn't see the pics, but I saw that pics were posted. Looks like the tech-guys are still working on the pic-attachments. Rob

I think you're right. The picture I posted yesterday disappeared overnight, and I had to reattach it to my post this morning.

Here is a nice Roger Bresnahan mouth open variation with Hassan Factory 30 backhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...60e586f576.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a312c2c9f6.jpg

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Here is a nice Honest Long Cut of Rube Marquard...wonder what his Mom called him...Richard, Richie, Dick...or maybe RW, William, Bill, or Billy...and when she was mad did she say Richard William Marquard you get in here right now!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...eaf736010f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b9d683e4fa.jpg

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Looks like only one T205 Hall of Fame card yet to be posted so to finish off the list I will post my Hugh Duffy Hindu back...I have never seen another onehttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c0261a1f31.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f5c0774980.jpg

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