I have a baseball with a bunch of signatures from the 1920’s-40’s and I’m trying to identify them. I’ve identified Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Connie Mack, George “Mule” Haas, James Rip Collins, and Lefty Grove, but there’s still a few I can’t figure out. Any ideas?
My dad was the manager of the apartment complex I grew up in and there was an older man named Franz that my parents took care of. We’d take him dinner every night, include him in our holiday events, etc.. It was his ball and he gave it to my dad before he passed away.
It meant a lot to Franz because he caught it at a game when he was a kid and got Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig to sign it. From then on, he took it to every game he ever went to and tried to get signatures. He would hold it every night as he watched tv, so now it looks a little rough.
you should get jsa to certify it. they can often figure out signatures but it would also help with insurance purposes. because holy snot that's impressive sigs
I plan on going to an event JSA will be at in September but I’m trying to find out as much as possible before then.
makes total sense. I think that first autograph might be the last name goudey, which would be enos goudey. found a picture of his signature and the last half matches.... although tte g is weird. the second auto is Roger scar something? still looking
I think the top signature says Conley and the bottom says Thomas, but I’m not sure about first names. I agree with the second pic. It’s definitely Roger something and I also this it starts with Sc. If only they were as clear as the Babe Ruth signature.
oO that's gorgeous I was thinking theres two signatures there, divided by a year.
The “Conley” signature says 1931 and the “Thomas” signature is dated 1944.