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Frank WakefieldJohn, that is great stuff on the Downey cards. A fine observation and analysis. Ted, I'm working on my thoughts on Magie, but John's post was too good to not address.
One thing that has always bothered me was when collectors articulate the name, they say 'mu GEE' for the card with 2 e's (almost typed 'correctly spelled' there), and they say 'MAG e' for the card with the 'ie'. I never could understand the thinking on that, if it is the same guy. But then half of collectors mispronounce Cicotte, Evers, and Lajoie, too... and those guys are sufficiently well known for folks to get 'em correct.
I want to find out more about Magie of Syracuse...