Alright... Frank Chance

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by Kwoodjr

Hey Richard! Things are fine - been busy as usual - I hope you are well also! Matt, I will try to scan photo of postcard - we'll see if I am intelligent enough to figure out how to post! Odds are 50/50. Matt - do u collect cubs or HOFers or ??? Thx guys

Hi Kit - One of my many projects is Yankees Captains and there has been back-and-forth whether or not Frank Chance ever served as a Yankees captain in 1913. If I ever had the opportunity to buy one that fits the rest of my project, I would seriously consider getting it just to cover my bases, so to speak.

Thanks,
Matt

[Kwoodjr]

Matt - cool project - I think Chance was the skipper of the Yankees in 1913- April 1914 but not sure. I will forward a "mediocre" picture of my postcard but I could work on better scan. Let me see if I can post successfully - tell me if u can see. Btw, plug for Jim Stinson and Richard Simon who I feel do a GREAT job helping novice collectors like myself - great job gentlemen! On the Touching Second book, all I can say is "wow!" Very cool - I'd love to get my hands on that piece!

[Kwoodjr]

Don't think my scan posted (?) - sorry - need to try again but having trouble

[Kwoodjr]

Trying again

[baseballart]

The book has incredibly beautiful signatures for the most part, except for Floyd Kroh (at the bottom of one of the pages). I hadn't heard of him, and looking at his shakey signature, I expected him to be an old-timer, say a coach in his 70s.

Baseball-reference shows him as a 24 year old in 1910 Rube Kroh

[JimStinson]

Kroh's autograph DOES look pretty shaky in the book.

Maybe it was because baseball was a rough & tumble sport back in those days with many players unable to read and write or sign their names. Ball players were recruited from the coal mines and factories, Literacy overall in 1909-10 was not what it is today. In 1910 only 72% of children attended school and many never made it past the 4th or 5th grade. Just a guess.

Or maybe on his way to meet President Taft that day he had one too many Whiskey soda's ...
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[Kwoodjr]

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Please tell me if this works - i did not buy from this particular auction but i found the item that i now own (for viewing purposes)

If this does not work, then i apologize, and respectfully ask a patient person to help explain how i paste a copy of the photo of the postcard that i took from my I-phone.

thanks

I still love the book and will see if i can find a picture of the banquet program i was looking for:

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