Grignon player query

[Michael Peich]

I recently acquired this Grignon postcard, and it is alleged to have been written by Frank Schulte. The remarks on the card would suggest a player had written it. And the reference to "today Saturday" corresponds with the postmark date, Oct. 12, 1907 (the -2 is partly obscured, but is a -2), which was the day/date of the series clinching game #5 for the Cubs.

I asked the opinions of three autograph experts (two autograph dealers, one early Chicago expert/dealer) at the Valley Forge Show. Two of the three felt it was Schulte's signature (not Frank Chance btw, the only other -F on the team), and the other dealer (a well known autograph dealer) was rude, dismissive, and didn't offer an opinion (I'll keep him anonymous, but his initials are the same letter. He'll never get any business from me.) BTW, when I bought the card I did not pay an extra premium for the alleged Schulte connection.

Can anyone post a Schulte handwritten note/letter that will allow me to compare the writing? Many thanks, and in the meantime enjoy the card.

Cheers, Mike

PS--Leon: I hope it's okay to post in both the card and memorabilia forum. If not take the post down from the card section.

[steve B]

You might want to check a few other players, the letter looks more like a J to me. Making Jimmy Sheckard a good candidate.

Neither did much in game 5, Schulte had a hit and an error, Scheckard 0 for 4 and I think not even a putout.

Steve B

[Jacklitsch]

Frank Chance died and is buried in Los Angeles if that means anything.

[Jacklitsch]

[Michael Peich]

Thanks, Steve, and I particularly appreciate the scan of the Chance signature on his 206 portrait. I knew he was buried in Los Angeles, and also that he was a native Californian. However, when looking at his -F it doesn't seem to be the same as the -F of the correspondent on my Grignon. There has been a lot of discussion of the card over on the Memorabilia side of the Board, and it seems as though this was probably some random fan who helped root his team on to the series victory. Who knows?
But, it is an interesting card for the fact that it was postmarked on the day they won the series. And, as a footnote to the Chance connection, Frank did not play in Game five.

Cheers, Mike

[FrankWakefield]

That looks more like a "J" to me than anything else.

The cancellation is odd. The most significant circle date stamp seems to show a 10pm time. It is a bit difficult to read because of underlying print. The circle date stamp on the right edge has a 9 visible, which would be 9pm ??? That post card would not have received a machine cancellation for delivery. The CDS would have been at the time of posting.

I think the writing is contemporary with the posting of the card. But that could have been added weeks, months, or even a few years later. Again, it looks contemporary to me.

I do think the penciled labeling is incorrect. I don't think that's an "F", it looks like a "J".