My gut feeling is no, but I like Billy's rationale. Playing into that the major issue I have is unsurprisingly the W in Mays auto... I actually think the last name looks fine. One positive the W has going for it is whoever signed it, Mays or a blind child, had the direction (can't really say flow) correct. I've seen quite a few forgeries of Mays start at the bottom of the W and end at the top of it, effectively writing it backwards. I think people forget it's a W which maybe is the reason why they do it that ways. Also, considering the notorious curmudgeonly reputation of Mays, is it outside the realm of possibility that he just scribbled his name on a ball for some snot-nosed kid to get rid of him? Couple that with everything Billy said and you may have an authentic ball!
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