Opinions/IDs on some PCL autographs

[Exhibitman]

I picked up what I believe to be a rather extensively signed old-timers game excerpt from a 1954 Seals program and wanted to see what the board thought. Here is the main page:



Some close-ups of the autographs:



FWIW, the Lefty looks good to me based on years of collecting his stuff, good but rushed.







Then there is this one, which I cannot ID. My guess based on what I can read and placement on the sheet is that it is Gerald Donovan from the 1928 team. Anyone have any solid ID info?

[JimStinson]

Jerry Donovan was a minor league outfielder from 1926 to 1939, mainly in the Pacific Coast League. He played for the San Francisco Seals from 1929 to 1933, Sacramento Senators in 1934, Seattle Indians in 1935-1937, and Oakland Oaks in 1938. He hit .300 five times in the PCL and homered 23 times in 1936, his best output.

Donovan was later president of the Far West League from 1948 to 1951 and the California League from 1949 to 1955.

Donovan worked for the San Francisco Giants from 1958 until his passing. He held various jobs with the Giants including business manager and consultant.
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[joed25]

Looks authentic to me

[JimStinson]

Missed the 1st part of the question , autographs are all A-OK

[Exhibitman]

Thanks all; looks like a fine addition to my Lefty collection!

[JimStinson]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Thanks all; looks like a fine addition to my Lefty collection!

Adam as a bit of interesting trivia , since Lefty and Joe are next to each other , after DiMaggio left the Seals and signed his first contract with the Yankees , they wanted to re-sign him and STEAL him, O'Doul was friends with Ty Cobb who was living on the west coast at the time so when the Yankees tried to re-sign Joe he said NO , He was coached by O'Doul and Cobb on how to negotiate his contract .... it ticked the Yankees off like crazy but finally with help of O'Doul and Cobb , DiMaggio got what he was asking for

later it became easier with MacPhail as the way he would negotiate contracts with Joe was to tell him to write a number on a piece of paper and MacPhail would do the same , Larry told him that whichever one was higher he would go with , DiMaggio said MacPhail's number was ALWAYS higher than his
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[Exhibitman]

I read that in DiMaggio by Richard Ben Kramer. According to him Cobb ghosted DiMaggio's negotiation letters. Barrow even sent DiMaggio a letter during the Cobb-driven negotiations stating "tell Cobb to stop writing me letters."