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Old 12-16-2013, 11:44 AM
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Interestingly, the unnumbered card shows him as "Gabby Cravath". His real name is Gavvy Cravath. This variation below lists him as "Gobby Cravath". I'm not sure if the standard Cravath W519 #3 has this same mistake (Gobby vs Gabby vs Gavvy).
His real name is actually Clifford Carlton Cravath

Cool find, hope you get the answer you're looking for. I have a handful of strip cards, maybe 50 or so, but I bought almost all of them in two lots real cheap and never really looked into the sets
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