Mystery regarding John McLean T205 front solved

[Vintagecatcher]

The facsimile signature on John "Larry" McLean's T205 has always been puzzling for me.

It clearly shows M.A. McLean not J.B. McLean. Although often called "Larry" McLean, his birth name was John Bannerman McLean.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...cleala01.shtml

While searching eBay this week, I believe I have stumbled onto a item which sheds light on where the confusion may have occurred regarding the front of the McLean T205.

During the same time period, there was a baseball sports writer based out of Chicago, and writing for the Chicago Record Herald...Malcolm MacLean.

Here is a scan of his Baseball Writers' Association of America Pass addressed to... M. A. MacLean.

Now we know perhaps the rest of the story!


Patrick