Fascinating stuff!
Gentlemen, Thanks so much for weighing in with your opinions and knowledge/expertise based on your experiences and own collections regarding Dr. Joseph Bainbridge Jones of the Excelsiors and "The Father of Baseball" as some called him, Henry Chadwick. I guess I would have to have it officially authenticated to both gentlemen's handwriting someday if I ever wanted to part with the item, but for now, I am going to enjoy the rich history in the item itself as I intended to do in the first place, even before this really cool bonus of the signature and the endorsing of the author, Chadwick. Those are just icing on the cake! I had no idea about the common practice of endorsing back then by an author. I agree with others now that the script is done by two different people, possibly even two different writing utensils. As for the "blow ball" or "blown call", I guess that mystery's solving will be part of my adventure in researching various items from these 2 guides..... Ah, The Thrill of Collecting!
Again, I sincerely thank all of ya'll for your time and effort to help me with my awesome discovery! This is why I love this board! We have some really good people here!
Tim Kindler
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