Single signed balls from that era basically dont exist. Even team signed balls of that era are almost non-existant. I bet that is a piece of folklore that sprang up well after Raymonds years on this earth were up. He might have traded Baseballs for drinks and made up some story of the balls significance, but I doubt he was autographing baseballs for people 100+ years ago.
I also remember a story once where a teammate of King Kellys remembered that during his playing days people would mob King Kelly for his autograph. If that is true, whay has there NEVER been a King Kelly autograph surface in an autograph book besides the one owned by a teammate that sold a decade ago? Because the story is not true thats why.
Rhys
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