I agree with those that are skeptical of the association between the sheet and the game.
You could make the argument, as Jonathon does, that because there is no other game called an all star game from 1911, that it relates to it, but I don't think that is proof. I see that as circumstantial and not direct evidence.
The sheet says "All Star Team 1911" There is no mention of any game at all.
This could've been a sheet someone typed up to get signed by players he/she thought would be an all star team of 1911.
Plus it is a little peculiar that Jackson would be on a sheet of the all star team, when he played for the Indians in that particular game. Wouldn't it make more sense, if this is from that game, for there to be another sheet of the Cleveland team to be signed by them. I would think Jackson would've been on that sheet.
Also, If I were typing up a page like that, for some memorable event, ahead of time, I would type in the name and date of the event, not just a generic phrase.
I think that there are enough questions that to sell it as definitively being from that game is unfair.
|