Tracking And Grouping Polar Bear Print Defects

[Jantz]

I took some time and looked at about half of my Polar Bears. Sorry to say that I have no matches on the cards posted so far in this thread.

Here are a few things I did see on the backs of the cards I checked out.

These 3 cards had plate scratches on the backs. O'Leary (hok), Lajoie and Ritter.

Purtell & Jack White have vertical lines in almost the same spots as the 4 other cards I listed in my earlier post.

Doc White has a ink splotch in the "e" of Bear along with a crop line (+) in the upper right corner.

My Pelty, Sweeney, Conroy and Slagle were different than the cards you posted, meaning the print was clean or they didn't have a plate scratch on them.

My Meyers card was different in the fact that the "s" in the second "always" had a ink splotch dividing the letter.

When I get some time in the next few days I will take a look at the rest of my Polar Bears and post up anything that may help.

Jantz

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by Jantz

I took some time and looked at about half of my Polar Bears. Sorry to say that I have no matches on the cards posted so far in this thread.

Here are a few things I did see on the backs of the cards I checked out.

These 3 cards had plate scratches on the backs. O'Leary (hok), Lajoie and Ritter.

Purtell & Jack White have vertical lines in almost the same spots as the 4 other cards I listed in my earlier post.

Doc White has a ink splotch in the "e" of Bear along with a crop line (+) in the upper right corner.

My Pelty, Sweeney, Conroy and Slagle were different than the cards you posted, meaning the print was clean or they didn't have a plate scratch on them.

My Meyers card was different in the fact that the "s" in the second "always" had a ink splotch dividing the letter.

When I get some time in the next few days I will take a look at the rest of my Polar Bears and post up anything that may help.

Jantz

Hi Jantz,
I went through my scans because I thought I remembered seeing defects similar to the ones you describe on your Doc White and Meyers. I didn't find any but I did discover a Cobb (Red Port) that matched one of the Camnitz (H.A.H,)/Mullin (With Bat ) pairs.
Cobb-Camnitz.jpg

[Jantz]

Hi Pat,

I checked my Cobb (red) & both Camnitz (hah) that I have and neither had the print defect as those you've posted. No Mullin in my possession yet, so nothing to compare it to.

The fact that you found a Camnitz that matches is impressive. He is a tougher player to find with a Polar Bear back. I do know that he held multiple positions on a sheet since one of my Camnitzs is a two-namer.

Took some time tonight and looked thru a few more of my Polar Bears and have noted these defects on them. I also wanted to get the names in this thread as a reference for you & Chris.

Here is a list of my cards with notable defects.

Marquard is clean with no defects like those you posted.

Howell (hah) - The letter "s" in best is broken up by an ink splotch.

Griffith (batting) - The letter "l" in Polar is broken up by an ink splotch.

Nichols (batting) - The letter "P" in Polar is broken up by a ink splotch.

Perring - Has a plate scratch running the width of the card thru the word Bear.

O'Neil - Has a vertical line much like those on the Scott & others I've mentioned.

Davis (Davis on front) - Ink splotch very similar to the second Marquard you posted. Also notice the "s" in best. Scan below.

As always, Pat & Chris, please feel free to contact me if you need any help or want me to check any of my Polar Bears.

Jantz

[Pat R]

Jantz,

Here's another Davis like yours.
Davis copy.jpg

and here's a McGraw (Port) that matches.
McGraw - Copy.jpg

And a Griffith (Batting) like the one you describe that also has part of the "P"
blocked/missing in scrap.
Griffith 2 - Copy.jpg

[Jantz]

My Griffith is a match. Now to find the other two players.

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by Jantz

My Griffith is a match. Now to find the other two players.

It must be a combination of to many scans and not keeping track of them
better. I had put the Griffith with McQuillan and Hummel but I didn't
update it here when I did.
McQuillan - Hummel - Griffith.jpg