T206 variations

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

BRIAN W.

I really appreciate your comments regarding the "Slow" Joe Doyle card.
And, I think several here might be mis-undertsanding my stand on this
card. First, of all I'm open to all kinds of inputs; and I would like to
say that perhaps I am acting like Socrates (2500 yrs ago) where he
questioned certain "dubious" practices or idealogies amongst his con-
tempories (I'm also a Greek). Consider these undeniable facts:
(1) Until 1987, Beckett (and other catalogs) listed all Doyles in the set
as Larry Doyle.

(2) Now, Larry Doyle played 2B for the NY Giants (1907-15)

(3) Joe Doyle was a Pitcher for the NY Highlanders (1906-10)
and traded to Cinc. in 1910.....he was NEVER on the GIANTS !

So, I want someone to tell me how this Joe Doyle card gets tagged with
the New York "Nat'L" identification ?

Now, if you tell me that the printing firm back in 1910 made an "ERROR"
and printed a handful or two such cards, I could possibly concede this
T206 anamoly is an original card....However, it is not a true VARIATION
it is simply another printing error from this set that does not deserve
all the "hype" it has received. I certainly can understand this hype, given
that Larry Fritsch is the source of this entire scenerio back in the '80s.

Guys, I am not the sole skeptic in the hobby regarding this card. Many fel-
low collectors of T206 sets that I have known and traded with over the years
entertain their reservations on this Doyle card. I guess I am the more out-
spoken one. I'd still like to hear from Bill Heitman on this subject.