TOUGHEST BASEBALL AUTOGRAPHS FROM THE 1940's & 1950's REVISITED

[gonefishin]

Just thought I would show one of my latest acquisitions, a spring training exhibition game score card from March 20, 1948 played between the Cleveland Indians and the NY Giants.

Not only is this a pretty cool score card, but it is also signed by several players including Hank Greenberg (Hank was with the Indians management team in charge of the farm system after just retiring in 1947), Larry Doby (the beginning of his 2d year with the Indians, Bob Feller of course, Bobby Avila (probably one of his first, if not the first, competitive game with the Indians) and last but not least - John Carden NY Giants! There are 3 NY Giants autographs, all on the back of the program: John Carden, Sheldon Jones and Lou Lombardo. Lombardo is also interesting as he only played in 2 games total for the Giants. I'm guessing since this game featured many rookies/prospects, that John was trying to make the big team again.

Any information you may have regarding this game would be appreciated.