Lefty Grove...
 

Two variations....

http://www.bandkgreen.net/lefty_grov...cigar_back.jpg http://www.bandkgreen.net/lefty_grov...hcigar_box.jpg

Guys...I live about 1/4 mile away from Midway ballpark...where the saints currently play. In a few years they will be moving to lowertown st paul...and while this will be a huge plus for DT St Paul...it will leave a major hole in my neighborhood!

I'm ecstatic to have this original collection of Worch saints from the 33' season in my collection. After cross referencing the 2 checklists I could find...I believe the otto bluege is uncatalogued...and coincidentally the collection came with one envelope with otto bluege written in pencil on the back.

Additionally all of the cards have numbers written on the back...and a few have remnants of baby ruth wrappers which I find super cool!

Check em out! Here are a few...wanna see more?

Thanks again to all-
 

for sharing info and photos. Pete, that is very cool to have an uncatalogued one! I was sure that the existing Worch checklists are incomplete/erroneous, so this is exactly the kind of thing I hope we can discover by pooling our knowledge.

I picked up just a couple of Worches at the National, which I will post when I have had a chance to scan them. Also I just bought most of the few that remained from the last Larry Fritsch one-of-a-kind catalog. They have a few left, if anyone is interested: Crowder, Todt, Hartnett, and one or two others that I already had.

Tim...kinda strange how the SCD(or whatever it's now called) has a different checklist from the other one I found. I tried contacting Bob Lempke to adjust the checklist...but he is no longer involved. I will try the contact he referred me to .

I have 2 questions for you guys:

1...If u have Worch envelope(s)...does it have the player's name handwritten on the back in pencil?

2...Do any of you have cards with #'s handwritten on the back in pencil like mine?

''Walt'' not ''Walter ?
 

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/204295.../WORCH_NEW.JPG


...Power corrupts ; absolute power corrupts absolutely.......the kids in the basement at PSA are running wild....

Ol' diz
 

Some more 33' Saints...marching in!

This...I find interesting.

Check out this link to a previous REA auction:

http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/.../2011/624.html

I find it interesting that the customer requested certain players including Otto Bluege...who was out of stock at the time...yet to this day the Otto Bluege card is uncatalogued.

Worch ''Holland'' : same image , but
 

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/204295...OLLAND_NEW.JPG


... again the sepia-toned photo with the dark areas that fluoresce when tilted into the light ; the other is the standard glossy black and white ..two different graders gave him two different names , no doubt attempting to be helpful ;

...in a perfect world the standard protocol for flips would be whatever is on the card..... I still love that '' Gill'' in this thread from a couple days ago...