T209-1 Contentnea ....Bourquise?

[Leon]

Hey guys and girls,
One of our esteemed lurkers sent a question and I would like to pose it to the board. (plus this is one set I am sort of collecting)...

"Any idea who in the he** this card depicts? Nobody named Bourquise (or any similar name) played for Rocky Mount in 1909 or 1910. Worse yet, he has "Fulton" on his shirt and there were no minor league teams in Fulton KY or Fulton NY or Fulton Anywhere Else in 1908, 1909, or 1910.

Who IS this guy?"

Thanks for any help......I am sure our lurker will be appreciative.

[Potomac Yank]

Originally Posted by Leon

Hey guys and girls,
One of our esteemed lurkers sent a question and I would like to pose it to the board. (plus this is one set I am sort of collecting)...

"Any idea who in the he** this card depicts? Nobody named Bourquise (or any similar name) played for Rocky Mount in 1909 or 1910. Worse yet, he has "Fulton" on his shirt and there were no minor league teams in Fulton KY or Fulton NY or Fulton Anywhere Else in 1908, 1909, or 1910.

Who IS this guy?"

Thanks for any help......I am sure our lurker will be appreciative.

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Leon, Lurker --- That's a good question, and I'm sure that one of our League historians will contribute.

I've checked both my Type 1 & 2 Contentnea's, and came up with a close match to the Bourquise player in type 1.
The type 2 player is Bourquin, listed with the Wilmington team.
Facial look, is very close. ... OK, historians ... go for it.

[caramelcard]

"came up with a close match to the Bourquise player in type 1"

What does this mean Joe?

[Potomac Yank]

Originally Posted by caramelcard

"came up with a close match to the Bourquise player in type 1"

What does this mean Joe?

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I've checked both my Type 1 & 2 Contentnea's, and came up with a close match to the Bourquise player in type 1.

The type 2 player is Bourquin, listed with the Wilmington team.

Facial look, is very close.

I looked at both cards, and they both facially looked alike.

If anyone has the type 1 Bourquise, and type 2 Bourquin ... and is not scan challenged like me ... please scan whichever one you have.

Uh oh, now we're being told that no such type 2 Bourquin was around the Wilmington team ... the plot thickins.

Hey guys. I only collect the cards

In comparison to some of our current major grader/authenticators mis identifyers --- those guys back in the early 1900's didn't do a bad job.
But they have made our research interesting.

Who were those mask men???

[rhettyeakley]

Leon, very good question, I am at work so most of my reference material is at home (& not in front of me) but the closest match I can find to either of those two names is there was a David Bourquen that played for the Bridgeport team of the Connecticut State League in 1909. I'm not saying this is the guy or anything but that s the closest I can come.
-Rhett

Edited to add, there was a Fulton, NY team from 1905-07 in the Empire State League but there isn't any info on the actual players for that team. It is conceivabe that Bourquen played for Fulton,NY in 1907 and went to CT by 1909 (not too far away). It is a stretch but not totally out of the question.

[rhettyeakley]

Just to muddy the waters a bit, there was also a player named Arthur J. Bourgeois that there is a record for that played in 1902 and then also in 1909 & 1910 --all for Wisconsin area teams.
-Rhett

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Potomac Yank

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Leon, Lurker --- That's a good question, and I'm sure that one of our League historians will contribute.

I've checked both my Type 1 & 2 Contentnea's, and came up with a close match to the Bourquise player in type 1.
The type 2 player is Bourquin, listed with the Wilmington team.
Facial look, is very close. ... OK, historians ... go for it.

Another tidbit from our friendly lurker.....I would prod him to come on the board but he's a bit busy I believe....


"Here's an added mystery - the "Bourquin" of
T209-2 is also misidentified - no such player played under that name either!"