1939 Playball Gehrig, 1934 Goudey Ruth, and other cards that never were

[hunterdutchess]

Originally Posted by Matt

Rhett - to your point:

I dont know why but that pic. makes me sad.

[henson1855]

It is well documented that Ruth and Gehrig had a "cool" relationship off the field, but they still appeared together both in photos and in public quite often, getting back to the lack of a '34 Goudey Ruth, even though his career was in decline Ruth was still a star and very popular with kids, who collected gum cards in the '30's , so either Ruth didn't want to appear second fiddle on the '34 goudey. or Goudey saw Ruth was in the twilight of his career and chose not to include him,but yet included him in the '35 set ? Does anyone have a theory on Eddie Plank not having a 2nd or even 3rd pose on the T206 set ? He was one of the top pitchers of the day.

[judsonhamlin]

You would think that National Chicle would have jumped on Ruth for the Diamond Stars set, or if Gehrig had an issue with Goudey after '34, would have tried to get him in one of the 35/36 series.

[brett]

Originally Posted by henson1855

Does anyone have a theory on Eddie Plank not having a 2nd or even 3rd pose on the T206 set ? He was one of the top pitchers of the day.

Home Run Baker, Eddie Collins, Ed Walsh and other Hall of Famers only had one pose as well so I don't think there's any specific reason.

[brett]

Originally Posted by hunterdutchess

I dont know why but that pic. makes me sad.

Every picture of Gehrig makes me sad because you can just see what a wonderful human being he was and you know what he ended up having to go through. As well-loved as he is, I still believe he's one of the most UNDER-RATED players ever.

[henson1855]

There's a big difference as far as far as T206 is concerned, Eddie Plank had already won over 200 games as was a superstar of the day, Eddie Collins at the time barely had 100 career hits . Baker just had broke in in 1908, Walsh won 40 in 1908 so I could see a case being made for him,but none of these players at the time of this set being issued , was on the same level or even close as Plank. There was also a T206 proof of Collins batting that was never issued but is well documented.

[Steve D]

Regarding Plank not having more than one pose in T206.....

A few months back, I believe Ted Z hypothisized that it was perhaps a "rights" issue with several of the Philadelphia players, between the American Tobacco Co and American Caramel Co. As American Caramel was based in Philadelphia, Ted theorized that American Caramel had the "rights" to portray the Philly players (including Plank), and that they forced American Tobacco to withdraw the Plank portrait. This would have also kept the ATC from issuing a different pose of Plank in the 350 or 350-460 series.

It would also explain why Connie Mack wasn't represented in T206.

Steve