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Originally Posted by brianp-beme
I have had the Babe Adams card for probably 15 years, and saw the Hoyt about 10 years ago. Until this strip I had not seen any others. And good info on the punctuation, and I find it interesting that they used the fun "Tygers" for the team name, which I seem to remember having seen on some other card issue, but for the life of me I can't remember in which set. I would have to dig out the card from the reprint rubble pile to see if it glows in the dark, and will eventually let all know the results.
Brian
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Brian, the 'Tygers" designation is also found on the W515 card, as is the same stated manager/position. Also, the Walker card in the strip you showed incorrectly listed him on the Philadelphias N.L instead of A.L., but this too lines up with W515 as a UER.
What is interesting to me is that Adams is identified with Pittsburgh on the W515 card, but here is shown as "Pittsburg's". That seems like a deliberate change, unlike (IMO) the misplaced quote mark around "Ty" Cobb, whose German transfer has the quotes in the correct position.
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