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Old 02-26-2013, 08:18 PM
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Looks like something I would do, but no, it wasn't me. I have the fake font down on the T206 reprints. Early photos and cabinet cards, I can still be fooled.

Btw, I call this guy "La Joy", but have heard many people use the French pronunciation "La wah ju eh".

Does anyone know how people pronounced his name in the period?

I heard on an old video playing at the HOF around 1991, they were saying his name "Laa-shu-way...I guess that is how you would sound it out. The first part would be like the "la" in "lap" and the middle part sounds like the word "shoe" with emphasis on the SH
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