Generic cards featuring real players

[Jlighter]

Originally Posted by tedzan

However, what is even more mysterious is that (I believe) it is the
only E-card of Johnson.

Have you figured why that is so ?


TED Z

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[RCMcKenzie]

Walter Johnson had a very low era, but a losing record through his first three seasons with the Senators 1907-1909. I think the images for many of the e card sets were already in place by 1909.

[brianp-beme]

The Walter Johnson E91 is from the E91C set, which was the third E91 set that was issued in 1911. The image on the Johnson card was originally published in the E91A series in 1908 as Rube Waddell, and the artist used Waddell's facial characteristics in producing the card. Here a couple of Rube's other cards that to me are pretty conclusive that this is actually Rube's face...check out the long nose and flaring nostrils and mouth areas, the distinctive upper lip, the odd stare, the shape and positioning of his ears, even the center part in his hair. In fact I am convinced they used the photo seen in the Colgan Chip issue to create the facial portion of the E91A Waddell card.

I think the producers choose the "Rube" design for Walter for the E91C issue because there are certain resemblances between their faces, but otherwise I consider the E91C of Johnson to be a Waddell imposter.

Brian

[ValKehl]

WaJo also appears in these "E" sets:
E120
E122
E123
E126
E135
E210
E220
E271
E-Unc. 1925 Schapira Bros. Big Show Candy
E-Unc. 1929 Star Player Candy

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Jlighter

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Hey guys

I may be a "dinosaur"....but, I'm not "slipping"

I'm well aware of all those sets. I should have been more specific in referring to the small card Candy
sets (1909 - 1914)..........

E90-1 ............ E101
E92 ............... E102
E93 ............... E103
E94 ............... E104
E95 ............... E105
E96 ............... E106
E97
E98

So, does anyone here have any theory's as to why Walter Johnson is not featured in any of these sets ?

I find this to be very puzzling since Johnson is featured in the 33-card C series (1910) of the E91 set.


T-Rex TED

[aelefson]

Here is a game card from 1934 depicting a generic player that looks a lot like Ruth.

Alan