My Favorite Gift This Year....
I met the daughter-in-law of Jimmy Claxton on Christmas Eve. We had spoken on the phone many times before but finally met for the first time. She showed me a great deal of memorabilia of Jimmy's and her late husbands' who also played baseball in the States as well as Japan. It was a fantastic visit.
For those negro league collectors on net 54.... there is another "card" of Jimmy Claxton. Saw it on the visit. A 1932 PC of Jimmy playing for the Cuban Stars, the card is very nondescript; no name, and Claxton has a full beard (a rarity). IMHO a far better depiction of the southpaw than the 1916 Zeenut.
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