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Frank WakefieldLeon, I agree that in looking at that photo it looks more like Irv.
But that card says "Cy Young", not "Young", which is ever so slightly
different.
Barry makes a good point about different artists. One day I intend to
dig up images of Harry Camnitz and Red Camnitz, to try to figure out if
both are depicted in the white border tobacco set, or only one of them.
But that is for another thread and another day...
For today, given the great differences in the drawings of the two
Johnson cards, are there any collectors out there who do collect the
portrait card but don't collect the 'ready to pitch' card because the
latter isn't or may not be Walter Johnson?
I know that the card has Johnson and Washington on it, and that there
was only 1 Johnson on the roster that year, Walter. But there were 44
guys playing that year, the card could well be of someone else. Anyone
not collect that pose for that reason??