The "official" N172 Old Judge thread

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Posted By: Kevin Cummings

Where does one begin? I just love this set!

I have about 100 Old Judges. I started into them as part of my Hall of Famer collection, but after reading Nemec's books on 19th century baseball, I fell in love with the era - the game itself, the stars and semi-stars, the characters, the politics, the whole ball of wax.

I try to get the commmons of some of those I've read about such as famous firsts (Paul Hines - Triple Crown, Grin Bradley - no hitter) and records (John Coleman - most pitching losses in one season).

Among my favorites are the Weyhings (John and Gus). In trying to get the Library of Congress to correct their erroneous identification of John as Gus, I needed to locate and enlist the aid of a Weyhing family member. My contact with nephew Ed Weyhing has turned into a friendship and I share as many pictures and anectodes as I can with him to pass on to the Weyhing clan. He has some vivid memories of visiting "Uncle Gus" and it's great to be able to talk to someone who actually knew the player whose picture you've collected.