Cy Young Note to his sister?

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by JimStinson

The addressed portion is NOT written in a different hand its written by the same person , note the very distinctive way that the lower case "t" is crossed in both the message and in the portion that is addressed "Fincastle". In the addressed portion the last name of Young shows no resemblance whatsoever to Cy Young's signature. In addition had it been written and signed by someone in Young's family it should be noted that Young's name was DENTON not "Cy" which was his baseball nickname short for Cyclone , Legal documents and other personal correspondence of that era were signed "Denton" or "D.T." , Baseball related items ie autographs etc were signed "Cy". Hope this helps.
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jim@stinsonsports.com

Thanks Jim, to the naked untrained "eye" it appeared different to me, but as always I defer to your awesome expertise!! Many thanks!

Greg

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

Thanks Jim, to the naked untrained "eye" it appeared different to me, but as always I defer to your awesome expertise!! Many thanks!

Greg

My guess is he decided to get "fancy" with the address which was not that uncommon if you look at a lot of postcards over the years.

[Greenmonster]

Gentlemen...This was a wonderful adventure for me, thank you for taking the time to add opinion, research and expertise to my hypothesis. I thought I might have something when I matched up Cy being in Philly the same day this postcard was sent but seemingly it may have only been a distant cousin (if that)...Thanks again. Jim