T209-1 Contentnea ....Bourquise?

[FrankWakefield]

Well I'm still thinking Fulton, New York. But that questions the color Contentnea time line. Maybe the cards were printed in 2 bunches and one bunch was in 1910... Maybe the color cards are all 1910 cards, that's what I think.

[Leon]

Another follow up from the gentleman I am helping...


"Notice one of your guys found the "Burke" with both teams that Bourquin/Bourquise played for - I thought of that one myself but usually in misheard/misspelled names of the time they aren't made so much more amazingly complicated, they're made simpler. In short, Bourquin/Bourquise would more likely become "Burke" on a card rather than the other way around. Of course, maybe the cards were right and the league recordkeepers were wrong!

By the way, it's pretty evident that the Crockett card listed for T209-2 doesn't exist. Nobody's ever seen a scan even though it was reported, third hand, in 1987."

[Potomac Yank]

Originally Posted by Leon

Another follow up from the gentleman I am helping...


"Notice one of your guys found the "Burke" with both teams that Bourquin/Bourquise played for - I thought of that one myself but usually in misheard/misspelled names of the time they aren't made so much more amazingly complicated, they're made simpler. In short, Bourquin/Bourquise would more likely become "Burke" on a card rather than the other way around. Of course, maybe the cards were right and the league recordkeepers were wrong!

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You're right about the other way around but do you suppose some one back 1909 said, "Let's have some fun, and play with the heads of 2009."

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By the way, it's pretty evident that the Crockett card listed for T209-2 doesn't exist. Nobody's ever seen a scan even though it was reported, third hand, in 1987."

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Lurker, whoever you are, you're a gem!

You hear that Ralphie

[rhettyeakley]

Leon, I have found w/ lower level minor league stuff often times that when there is only a last name on the SABR website that the info & stats come directly form the Spalding Record Book. It is very likely that the guys real name is Bourquise or Bourquin (or even the Bourquen I mentioned earlier) and the Spalding guys are the ones that called him "Burke" just to make their lives easier (I mean who is ever gonna notice?)

-Rhett

[smokelessjoe]

Here is a last name match for "Bourquin", for what its worth???

[Leon]

Nice find Shawn. It says he was one of the new men for that year....

Rhett- Who's gonna notice? We are, of course

[rhettyeakley]

Leon, it only took 100 years for someone to notice!

[Potomac Yank]

Originally Posted by smokelessjoe

Here is a last name match for "Bourquin", for what its worth???

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Thank you for digging up the article and being on board for this one.

Let see, on April 8 1909 according to the article, a Davis Bourquin was listed as part of the Bridgeport Giants team.

1. How long was he on the team?
2. Where did he go from there?
3. Fulton? ... Fulton KY? ... Fulton NY?? ... Fulton???
4. Was it before, or after Bridgeport?

[smokelessjoe]

No problem guys, glad to be of some help!

Not sure if this can be tied to our guy... But with stuff like this going on, who knows how many cards have the wrong name!

I had to cut the article up in order to make it readable. The bottom part is the END of the article.

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