Young, Mathewson, Johnson, & Alexander - Pop 20 or below

[ValKehl]

Some amazing cards in this thread thus far, especially Mattys and Youngs. Still hoping to see more Alexanders.

The E122 Am. Caramel WaJo is much tougher (combined pop reports - 8) than either series (80 or 120) of the E121 Am Caramel WaJo.

[gonzo]

T330-2 Matty

[tedzan]

Hi Val
I've taken the liberty of including Eddie Plank. There has to be at least one southpaw in this mix [who is in the same class as your 4 right-handers].

I hope you don't mind, ole buddy.


There are only 5 (or perhaps 6) T206 Plank cards with the SWEET CAPORAL 150, Factory #30 back.


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TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Jobu]

Cy playing with the local team right after retiring.

[ValKehl]

Ted, Eddie Plank was gertainly a great pitcher, but I would have included Lefty Grove before I included Plank. FYI, the reason I included Alexander instead of Grove (or Plank) is that I felt he enabled my group of 4 great pitchers to best correspond to the time period represented by the 4 great hitters in the other thread.

[ValKehl]

WaJo's hands-at-chest pose is tougher than his pitching pose in the 1921 E121-80 American Caramel set. Based on the pop reports, there are likely 20 or more of these h-a-c poses in existence. However, the majority of them would have Type 1 backs (there are 4 back types - see Rhett Y.'s super article in Issue #26 of Old Cardboard Magazine). The Type 4 back is scarce, and furthermore, the back printing on mine reads from bottom-to-top, whereas the back printing on most E121-80s reads from top-to-bottom. Below is my Type 1 back (PSA 2) followed by my Type 4 back (SGC 60):

[tedzan]

Speaking about Johnson (hands-at-chest)....here is his T206 from my all-SOVEREIGN set. It's pop report data is about 20 (+/- 2).
Whatever, it still qualifies being posted here, as it is a good-looking card with the colorful "apple-green" back.







TED Z

T206 Reference
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[ejharrington]

Originally Posted by Jobu

Cy playing with the local team right after retiring.

I love that postcard!

[therajah]

WmPatersonAlexander.jpg

[BLongley]

But guess I should add it here too....

PSA/SGC combined is 19... but if you separate blank back vs score card back the pop will be lower...

[MVSNYC]

As shown is the Rush thread...Leon's former card

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Some amazing cards in this thread thus far, especially Mattys and Youngs. Still hoping to see more Alexanders.

The E122 Am. Caramel WaJo is much tougher (combined pop reports - 8) than either series (80 or 120) of the E121 Am Caramel WaJo.

The ever more rare variation, the PSA E121 holdered E122.
E122 Walter Johnson.jpg

... and E220
E220 Walter Johnson raw.jpg

[ValKehl]

Since everyone has thoroughly enjoyed seeing (or maybe not) my black & white, real-photo cards of WaJo with the hands-at-chest pose, I assume you are anxious to see b & w, real-photo cards of WaJo with the pitching pose!

There aren't any of this card listed in the pop reports:

[Leon]

Wonderful card, Val. Here is a WD Boyce Co./W575-1 Alexander and a few others in the scan.

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Since everyone has thoroughly enjoyed seeing (or maybe not) my black & white, real-photo cards of WaJo with the hands-at-chest pose, I assume you are anxious to see b & w, real-photo cards of WaJo with the pitching pose!

There aren't any of this card listed in the pop reports:

[ValKehl]

Leon, thanks for the kind words and for showing Alexander some love. Here's another 1-of-1 WaJo with his pitching pose, per the pop reports:

[h2oya311]

Lovely stuff everyone!!! Such great eye candy!

1901 Police Gazette Supplement:



1914 Piedmont Art Stamps:

[sb1]

Derek, very nice Piedmont's! one of the toughest and underappreciated issues of the early 20th century. Even ones with nice fronts usually have back damage due to the adhesive gum, making it doubly tough to find problem free examples.

[Leon]

I think someone could retire comfortably on the value of the cards in this thread. Here is a Sporting Life something (probably ad cut) WaJo......