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I'm almost POSITIVE this card features Shoeless Joe...
Hello, I'm new to this board and I wanted to share an observation and get everybody's thoughts. In my 1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folder set I noticed a picture on the center panel of the "Lord Catches His Man" card and I'm sure the Cleveland player sliding is Shoeless Joe Jackson wearing the Cleveland style jersey that he wore when he played for them during that time. I looked around the net and I couldn't find mention of this anywhere and the back of the card doesn't mention the sliding player's name but it sure looks JUST like him. Opinions?
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Welcome to the board Brett, and I must say your first post is a provocative one. I certainly see some resemblance, but that's a tiny photo and it's tough to do really good photo i.d. with it. But it's food for thought.
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Couldn't it also be Lee Tannehill who is also featured on the other portion of the card?
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I was looking at the "C" on the uniform of the sliding player and by the power of suggestion thought "Cleveland." But it's probably Chicago so that rules out Jackson.
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It is not Tannehill since he played on the same team as Lord (White Sox).
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Not likely as Tannehill played his career with the White Sox and Lord was on the same team. Brett, Welcome to the board and great observation. It seems like it could be ole Shoeless. r/ Frank What David said.
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I just checked Marc Okkonen's uniform book for 1910-11, and the sliding player is wearing a Cleveland home jersey, and the fielder a Chicago visiting jersey. Interesting.
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As Brett mentioned, the player sliding is wearing a Cleveland uniform.
Here is a T5 of Jackson from Hunt Auction: Last edited by David Halpen; 05-21-2010 at 02:37 PM. |
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Hi Barry... Thanks for the replies, but that is definitely a Cleveland jersey from that era, and here's a pic of Shoeless Joe wearing it with Nap and Ty...
Last edited by brett; 05-21-2010 at 02:38 PM. |
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Hi Brett- we were posting at the same time, and my last one confirmed what you just said.
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The jersey is Cleveland, and what can be made out of the player resembles Shoeless Joe, but as already mentioned I think a conclusive ID is going to be tough. I can think of a few others on the Cleveland team at the time (Falkenberg, Birmingham, James off the top of my head) who it could also be.
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I really appreciate everybody's thoughts and I'm happy that my first post wasn't a stupid one. Anyway, I'm a pretty big aficionado of Cleveland baseball history, and I know who all of the other guys you've mentioned are. When you look at this card in person it looks so much like Shoeless Joe's face that I'm almost sure that we've discovered something together here. I just wish we could see in the picture if he's wearing shoes.
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"Lord Catches His Man" card and I'm sure the Cleveland player sliding is Shoeless Joe
Why do I have this weird feeling people are scouring their personal collections and ebay looking for "Lord Catches His Man" cards
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Check the ear.
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Hey
Welcome to the board Brett and congratulations. Your first post has gotten more response than all of mine put together
I don't have much to add about the card except that there are some great photo ID guys here. I'll be following this thread closely.
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My last opinion on why I believe it's him is that on the back of almost every other center panel in the set it mentions all the players names involved in the picture as many of them were also featured on the side panels of other cards in the set. For players like Nap Lajoie or Sam Crawford who were only featured on center panels, their names are still mentioned in the back descriptions. Because Shoeless never authorized any tobacco cards and just became a full-time player that year I think it might explain why his name is not on the back of the card. Other Cleveland players who were named on the backs of other center panels or had their own side panels were Birmingham, Turner, Lajoie, Ball and Stovall. Besides, just look at his face... I'm 99.9% sure it's him.
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Welcome aboard Brett
The Triple Folders are a 1911 issue, which would most likely reflect the 1910 season. Shoeless Joe played most of the 1910
season for the New Orleans Pelicans (and batted .354 to lead the the League). With Cleveland, he played in only 20 games Therefore, the probability of the guy in this centerfold being Joe Jax is minimized. However, it does resemble him. Nice observation. TED Z Last edited by tedzan; 05-21-2010 at 03:14 PM. |
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I thought the T202s were issued in 1912...
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The T202 Baseball card, also known as the Hassan Triple Folder was manufactured and distributed in the year 1912. The card was inserted into packs of "Hassan Cork Tip Cigarettes".[1] Several characteristics make this vintage Baseball card a standout amongst other forms of tobacco advertising of the time and lend to its value as a highly sought after collectible. First and foremost the cards are quite large in comparison to the T205 (1911) and T206 (1909 to 1911) cards from the same time period. The T202 was designed as a triptych or as it is referred to in the baseball card collecting hobby a triple folder. Each of the end panels displayed an individual player in color, while the center panel contained a black and white photo of "live action" baseball players.[2] To insert the card into packs of cigarettes the two end panels were folded over the center panel. When the card is fully extended it measures 5 1/4" wide by 2 1/4" high.[3] The T202 set consisted of 132 total cards with numerous combinations of end panels and center panels. Prominent players of the time who appear on the most end and center panel combinations are Christy Mathewson, who appears on ten different cards all on end panels, and Ty Cobb, who appears on a combination of over six different cards including end and center panels. |
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Joe...
The picture looks more like Joe than any other player I could imagine from Cleveland. I think Brett's theory is right on... Very interesting observation and I am surprised that it has never been brought up before.... Has this been under the radar all these years ? I think it makes sense and looks just like him pending the ear lobe is not too low and the point of his nose is perpendicular to his eye brow.
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Too bad the card isn't entitled "Jackson out at third". Of course if it were, it would be selling for 4 figures.
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Apparently, someone thinks it's Joe Jax.....three of the cards have been BIN'd on ebay just this afternoon.
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I think one of the W game action cards was similarly purported to be of Cobb - they still sell as commons. Too many on the Cleveland team with similar characteristics to tell here with any certainty, though if Mark says otherwise, I reserve the right to retract my comment . Last edited by Matt; 05-21-2010 at 04:10 PM. |
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Baseball-Reference is showing that there were 38 players on Cleveland's team in 1911. So if this photo is from 1911, there is a 1 in 38 chance that it is Jackson. Personally, the photo is so hard to see I don't think you could really make a determination. But purely gut feeling tells me that Jackson looks like a baby in his T5 and that guy sliding into third has the look of a grizzled veteran to me. It also looks like th sliding player's stirrups don't continue to their foot, while both photos of Jackson show him wearing stirrups that go all the way to his feet. Although that could just be the angle.
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Let's see if this card starts showing up on ebay with the description T202 Joe Jackson. My gut says it will.
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I also think Brett deserves an award for the best first post ever!
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I don't think there's any doubt. And the beauty of it is that unless someone can prove it's absolutely not him, the seller can't be held accountable.
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After I analyzed the evidence, with a dual-column gas chromatograph, Hewlett-Packard model 5710a with flame analyzing detectors, I have concluded that it could be anyone on the Cleveland team in 1911, but if I were going to make an educated guess, I would say it is either Joe Jackson or Ivy Olson.
I couldn't resist using a line from one of my favorite movies r/ Frank
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Also, this is how old he looked in 1910...
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Thought provoking... Though it means little, "Cobb sliding" was 1909.
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No disrespect, but on the basis of that tiny image, with cap pulled down, no one could reasonably be 99 percent sure about the identify of this player -- in my opinion.
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So you're Vinny's cousin eh????? Sorry, it was waaay tooooooo easyyyyyyyy Steve |
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Interesting observation, Brett, and welcome to N54!
Here's a closeup image, cropped, with a little bit more contrast... |
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It's not him.
He never would have been thrown out at third.
ever.
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Brett
Upon closer observation, he does pass the "ear test"....I have to agree, it's Joe Jax.
But, it begs the question....why wasn't Joe featured in this set ? He did bat .408 in 1911, and he certainly deserves to be on one of the panels. Actually, the bigger question is....why isn't Joe on any of the ATC cards (1912-1917) featuring him as a Major Leaguer ? ? TED Z |
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I don't see how we can make a positive identification without being able to see his hair or his eyes, on a tiny image. I don't disagree that there is a resemblance, and it could well be he, but that hardly is proof positive.
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Curiously, "Lord catches his man" bears a resemblance to "Harry Lord at third." On that card, there's also an unnamed Cleveland player sliding in, but you can't see his face ...
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Re Pic....
Peter - There is not proof positive, but I think common sense says this is probably him due to resemblence, ears on blow up, etc. -- I would say it is more likely him than anyone else on the team. I like Brett's argument even though it can't be proved either way.
Were these panels taken from a photo/negative ? Was there a particular photographer for the orginal panel ? I don't know much about the T202's, but it would be neat to know the source of the middle panel...
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How could it POSSIBLY go this long without anyone noticing.
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It could be Joe. I am thinking it is.
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According to this site
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...26tbs%3Disch:1 This is a pic of Jax sliding into third
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weird almost simultaneous posting lol
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That's funny we both had the same idea Peter.
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It would be very nice if the original photo could be located in an archive somewhere. Then, we might be able to get a definitive answer.
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I don't think that without finding the original photograph with subject documentation that any definitive answer can be had. But the resemblance is certainly there. Nice catch possibly.
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