Large Joe Tinker Cubs Photo Pennant Questions & Help Please & Thanks

Archive · #29 03-06-2009, 08:16 PM

Posted By: bmarlowe

As a newbie I have been mucking through some old threads. If this kind of post is not of interest here, let me know and I'll stop. The consensus seems to have been that Frank was out in left field and that the photo on the Tinker pennant was indeed Tinker - but it is not. It's easy to show that it's Ed Reulbach. All you need is a decent scan of the photo to start with (head cropped out):

[linked image]

Now - comparing the ear from that photo (below left) to Tinker's ear (below right from the Library of Congress George Bain collection):

The guy on the pennant has a detached earlobe, Tinker has a fully attached earlobe. Hence, the guy on the pennant can't be Tinker.

So - is it Reulbach? - Well he does have a chin clef - as did Reulbach (Tinker did not). Let's compare ears. Below left - the guy on the pennant, below right Reulbach:

[linked image]

The ears match - it is Reulbach on the pennant. How this affects it's value I leave to you guys.

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