Cards with misspelled names

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Very early on, Mays would sometimes print the "s" in Mays separately from the rest of his last name and tended to space it too far away from the rest. One of his million signature charateristics. Whoever was responsible for the facsimile likely missed the s when they traced over the signature they used for the purpose.

Most of the time, the "s" more closely resembled an s. The one illustarated below looks like a "c", or maybe even an indiscriminate pen mark. Therein you've likely found your answer as to why "Willie May" lives on in perpetuity.

[taul166]

Not pre-war but one of the most notable cards is the 1964 Topps Jim KATT card.

[taul166]

Correction: 1965 not 1964.

[doug.goodman]

The m114s were not immune :

[oldjudge]

In a set where spelling errors are not unusual, this is the most amazing one I have ever seen. How they ever transformed Dalrymple to this alphabet soup I will never know:

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

In a set where spelling errors are not unusual, this is the most amazing one I have ever seen. How they ever transformed Dalrymple to this alphabet soup I will never know:

It is almost as if the person typesetting the card was verbally told Dalrymple's last name by his superior who was mumbling, and the typesetter was afraid to ask how it was spelled, so just made a wild guess at the name.

Brian

[here2havefun]