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Signed E96 Philadelphia Caramel
E96 Rube Marquard
This card comes from the private collection of an old-time collector who used to acquire autographs at the Otesaga Hotel
in Cooperstown on Hall of Fame day in the early 1970s. Before getting a card signed, the collector put the card (carefully
with corner hinges) in a hard backed scrapbook so it would be easy for the player to sign it. Apparently, it wasn't
too easy for Rube Marquard, who quickly ran out of room on this 1910 E96 Philadelphia Caramel. While Marquard started
his signature on the card, he continued it right off the ege of the card and onto the scrapbook page. The collector still
has that card mounted on the page and has generously shared the image with us.
E96 Connie Mack
Born on December 22, 1862 in East Brookfield, MA, Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, a.k.a. Connie Mack, would have been
145 years old if he were alive today. One of the greatest managers of all time, it is hard to understand why so many
of Mack's contemporary managers were featured on T206 -- e.g., John McGraw (3 cards), Hughie Jennings (3 cards) and Hugh
Duffy (1 card), to name a few -- but Mack got no T206 card. Some have suggested that the reason for this is similar
to the reason that Plank has such a short lifespan in T206, i.e., that there was a Philadelphia Athletics licensing issue
of some sort. For whatever reason, Mack fans need to look beyond T206 -- to this E96 Philadelphia Caramel card
from 1910 for example -- to find a baseball card rendition of the "The Tall Tactician."
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