It looks a little 'forced' or cramped. Even at this time his signature still had some flow to it. I had one from about tht time that was absolutely beautiful with great flow, but I don't have a scan as I sold it long before I was saving images of Olympic signatures. If you look at the signed gun purchase receipt on ebay under collectibles/autographs from the same period you will see what I mean.
I would not say it is bad but I have seen much nicer. If it is priced under $550 I would probably grab it. A lot of Hawai'ians buy his signature so they are not common to the market at lower prices.
Like Rhys, here is a 1932 signature signed on the menu of the steamship S.S. Mariposa that he took to Los Angeles for the 1932 Olympics where he was an alternate on the water polo team. The person I sold this one to just sold it in an auction in Germany for €700 ($875) in October.
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