Can somebody tell me if this baseball is what I think it is?

[canjond]

Just to ask the question, is the signature on the sweet spot an earlier version of Lefty Gomez, hence why it looks nothing like Gehrig?

[three0four]

Actually, if you look on the second picture in my second post, I think Lefty is on there, right underneath what I could only figure (and I could be crazy wrong about this) is Joe DiMaggio.

[JMEnglish27]

Originally Posted by three0four

Actually, if you look on the second picture in my second post, I think Lefty is on there, right underneath what I could only figure (and I could be crazy wrong about this) is Joe DiMaggio.

First letter of that looks like an R to me...

[JMEnglish27]

Question...is it possible that there would be a clubhouse/secretarial signature of Gehrig during this era (presumably 36-37) and that's what's on the sweet spot?

[Butch7999]

Coach John Schulte below Lazzeri and Murphy, no?

[todeen]

+1 I'm in agreement with this.

Originally Posted by three0four

Actually, if you look on the second picture in my second post, I think Lefty is on there, right underneath what I could only figure (and I could be crazy wrong about this) is Joe DiMaggio.

[todeen]

You know I thought about this overnight. If it was me, regardless of net54 opinions, I would send it to a TPA. The signatures are so faint that its hard to make things out clearly. Members helped identify multiple autos, so pay the fee for 3-5 to be authenticated. If the Gehrig turns out to be clubhouse, that's what you were expecting because of net54 opinions. But you could also be nicely surprised. I think the ball is a cool find regardless of authenticity of the Gehrig. And the chew marks don't really bother me either. The original owner obviously valued the ball enough to not throw it away.

[yanks12025]

The Gehrig to me looks the classic clubhouse auto of his

[stewbacca]

What an awesome find. Here is what I see:
Pic 1
1 Jack Saltzgaver
2 Bump Hadley
3
4 Myril Hoag
5
6

Pics 2, 7, 8
1. Lou Gehrig clubhouse???

Pic 3, 4
1
2 Tony Lazzeri
3 Johnny Murphy
4 Johnny Schulte
5 Red Rolfe ??

pic 5, 6
1
2
3

pic 9 American League Logo

Pic 10
1 too faded and dog bites
2
3 Joe Dimaggio
4 Lefty Gomez

based on those names I would put it as 1936 or 37. DiMaggio was 36 and Lazzeri left after 37. Can we figure out the other signatures? Also, different filters on the pictures may help bring out the autographs better. Try playing with the phones/cameras filters. Someone may know which ones are best.

thanks,
Stew

[HexsHeroes]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

The Gehrig to me looks the classic clubhouse auto of his

. . . which appears to me to have either been signed by Lefty Gomez (as per signature on OP's ball),
or that the Gomez signature on OP's ball was also clubhouse signed by same individual (the "L" in Lefty and in Lou are nearly identical).

[JMEnglish27]

Originally Posted by canjond

Just to ask the question, is the signature on the sweet spot an earlier version of Lefty Gomez, hence why it looks nothing like Gehrig?

That's what I'm thinking.