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Posted By: Brian Hodes

Not only did he die young but I from what I've read about the fun-loving Rube chasing fire trucks etc. I can't imagine he used his signature (if he even really had one)much at all. Poor guy probably never had a normal checking account or signed anything offical except maybe some baseball contracts etc.
Meanwhile Cobb was (pardon the pun) a tycoon and died a multi-millionaire (Coke stock) back when you could never hope to make that playing sports or doing much of anything for that matter.
He was possibly -- after AG Spaulding -- the first Baseball player to become a Millionaire!
Rube died destitute.