I'm almost POSITIVE this card features Shoeless Joe...

[robw1959]

I feel like it's time to resurrect this thread . . . the one that put Net54 on the map for me. I discovered it until 2012 when I then became a member, and pored over it for more than an hour, taking in all of the findings and discussions.

Lets' see your T202 Joe Jackson cards or any other Jackson cards from his playing days!

[Exhibitman]

I don't have one of those but I do have this one:



Got it as a throw-in on a purchase at a National. The dealer and I had a good laugh about it. Someone went to a lot of effort to create it from a Fatima poster, so I figured I might as well enjoy it.

[Chris-Counts]

I still can't figure out why "Lords catches his man" features Jackson, at least according to some, and "Too late for Devlin" doesn't. They look like the same player to me.

[robw1959]

Originally Posted by Chris Counts

I still can't figure out why "Lords catches his man" features Jackson, at least according to some, and "Too late for Devlin" doesn't. They look like the same player to me.

They do bear some facial similarity, but, to me, they are not quite dead-ringers. The sliding figure in "Lord Catches His Man" Has some solid newspaper provenance as well. Is there any such provenance for the guy sliding toward Art Devlin?

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by Chris Counts:

I still can't figure out why "Lords catches his man" features Jackson, at least according to some, and "Too late for Devlin" doesn't. They look like the same player to me.

Originally Posted by robw1959

They do bear some facial similarity, but, to me, they are not quite dead-ringers. The sliding figure in "Lord Catches His Man" Has some solid newspaper provenance as well. Is there any such provenance for the guy sliding toward Art Devlin?

The Too Late for Devlin cannot possibly be Joe Jackson, as Devlin played his entire career in the National League, and Jackson played entirely in the American League.

The sliding player must be a Cincinnati Red.


Steve

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by Steve D

Originally Posted by Chris Counts:

I still can't figure out why "Lords catches his man" features Jackson, at least according to some, and "Too late for Devlin" doesn't. They look like the same player to me.




The Too Late for Devlin cannot possibly be Joe Jackson, as Devlin played his entire career in the National League, and Jackson played entirely in the American League.

The sliding player must be a Cincinnati Red.


Steve

I agree that it can't be Devlin and an American League player in the image, but it can't be a Red, because the Cincinnati uniform in those years did not feature a dark cap with a light-colored C. The home uniform had a red cap with no C (except in 1909, when they had a white cap with a red C). The road uniform 1909-1911 was dark blue, and the cap had a red C. In 1912 they wore a gray road uniform with a gray cap, but no C.

The Chicago Cubs' home uniform in 1911 and 1912 featured a dark cap with a white C. This seems like a better match. I've attached an image of Joe Tinker from 1911 or 1912 that had been available at RMY Auctions. (I do not own this photo.)

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by RUKen

I agree that it can't be Devlin and an American League player in the image, but it can't be a Red, because the Cincinnati uniform in those years did not feature a dark cap with a light-colored C. The home uniform had a red cap with no C (except in 1909, when they had a white cap with a red C). The road uniform 1909-1911 was dark blue, and the cap had a red C. In 1912 they wore a gray road uniform with a gray cap, but no C.

The Chicago Cubs' home uniform in 1911 and 1912 featured a dark cap with a white C. This seems like a better match. I've attached an image of Joe Tinker from 1911 or 1912 that had been available at RMY Auctions. (I do not own this photo.)

Damn, I totally forgot Chicago started with a C. As I was typing the post, I could only come up with Cincinnati as a "C" team.

Steve

[brianp-beme]

I have the most important part of a T202 Lord/Tannehill card.

Brian

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by robw1959

I feel like it's time to resurrect this thread . . .

No, it's not...

[CW]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

No, it's not...

Why the negativity and what does this add to the discussion?

We are talking baseball cards, and this hobby is supposed to be for relaxation and fun.

[JollyElm]

My two cents:

I would definitely take the 'under' on the pic to the left (ball in air) and the 'over' on the image to the right, with regards to whether or not it is 'Shoeless' Joe.

The former could really be anyone. His contorted face could be shoehorned to look a bit like Joe Jackson, but I highly doubt that's him. The latter seems to show someone who is much more likely to be him...but could still possibly be someone else who has a similar look to JJ.