Maybe I'm the only one, but
I believe that if Tinker had buttoned his jersey to the top, the second "C" would be obvious, the "I" might appear more prominent and that the word Chicago would be clear. I can make out the "A", and as I mentioned before, I believe the "O" that troubles people is actually the "G", with the last letter being the "O", distorted by the wrinkle in the uniform.
According to Okkonen, here is what the Cubs uniform looked like in 1906 (same in '05 with pocket, larger lettering in '07).
Curiously, the team did not sport "Cubs" on their jerseys in the manner shown on T206 until after 1911, at least in the regular season.
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Now watch what you say, or they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh, fanatical, criminal
Won't you sign up your name? We'd like to feel you're acceptable, respectable, presentable, a vegetable
If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.- Ulysses S. Grant, 18th US President.
Last edited by nolemmings; 04-17-2011 at 01:41 AM.
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