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[Roland 49]

Jason, something more about Mike González, he had a son, they have told me that his wife and son left Cuba perhaps in the early 60s, he had another wife who took care of him until he died, she stayed in The house with a sister and her nephew, the widow died several years ago, I met the nephew in the 90s and visited the house on several occasions and he also visited me,

[Roland 49]

Yesterday I was checking one of my emails and I see that since the beginning of April none came in, and it seemed strange to me, my son touched something and suddenly many, some from April, from friends, family and members of net54 began to enter, I I've seen some, and I'll answer them little by little, now I'm answering something you want to see from the American Series at La Tropical Stadium, I start with part of a photo of Mel Ott.

[Roland 49]

Something else from the American series and Hall of Fame players who played in Cuba, at Stadium La Tropical, will see Jimmy Foxx.

[Topnotchsy]

Not cards, but I recently acquired a couple of Cuban league team signed balls (Almendares). (1946-47 and 1947-48). Still not familiar with many of the players (although I've been able to ID most of the names).

Haven't seen to many team signed balls so was pretty excited to be able to acquire these.

[Roland 49]

Jeff, I inform you that you acquired 2 magnificent balls, the one from 1946-47, it is signed by: Avelino Cañizares, Davenport, Leffy Gaines, Conrado Marrero and Adolfo Luque, the one from 1947-48, signed by: Conrado Marrero, Tom Butts, Pat Scantlebury, Monte Irvin, Gene Benson, Catayo Gonzalez, Tata Solis, they both have very good signatures. Greetings.

[Roland 49]

Now little by little I will answer questions I have, as for Mario Arencibia he does not appear in the collection 'Feliices 45- 46, but if he appears in O. Diaz, Fosforos Acebo "" El Indio, Almanaque Deportivo "etc. the rarest card of O. Diaz and the matchmaker is not so rare.

[Roland 49]

There are very rare pins in the Cuban Memorabilia, now I show one of the rarest, does anyone who sees this thread know what professional baseball team he belongs to and year?

[Roland 49]

Now I show you another of the rarest pins of professional baseball, of the Cuba team, I ask you what championship and year does this pin belong to?

[Roland 49]

From what i see no They have answered the question I asked them about the pin with the S. and the rooster, that pin belongs to the "Santiago" team of the La Federacion tournament that took place at the "La Tropical Stadium" in the 1947-48 season simultaneously with that of the Cuban League in "Estadium del Cerro" the manager was Lazaro Salazar and Raymond Brown, Leon Day and others played in that team, I sent you a photo of the manager L. Salazar and see "Santiago and El gallo en la manga de la shirt"

[Roland 49]

Now I will give you the answer about the pin of the Cuba team, which belongs to the Federation Camp in the La Tropical grounds in 1947-48, its manager was Napoleon Reyes, Ray Dandridge played in that team, and Raymond Brown who played in the Santiago team when this team retired from the championship, Brown acted as pitcher in Cuba, I show you a photo of M. Reyes as manager.

[Roland 49]

Yesterday I showed N. Reyes' print from the Cuba 1947-48 team, they asked me to show Willie Foster from the Cuba 1927-28 team, you will see him in a photo fragment of the complete team.

[Roland 49]

Now I show you a fragment of a photo of the Cuba team from the 1827-28 championship where Oscar Charleston is seen next to manager Armando Marsans

[Roland 49]

From the collection of Cigars "Trinidad y Hno" I show you some photos above the album, all of them measure 8 x 10 inches.

[Roland 49]

From the collection of National Cigars, I show you 2 cards of Jose Mendez, you will see in one of them an error in the cutting of the blade and you will notice the displacement on all the edges.

[Schlesinj]

Stopped by today and talked with Pedro Sierra (at the Philly show) who played for Oscar Charleston with the Indianapolis Clowns in 1954 (right before he died). He was one of the last players to be signed by a MLB team, but never made it to the majors. He came from Cuba at the age of 16 and played until his late 30s at various stops. Honestly, walking around the Philly show for a few hours, seeing all the great cards was a lot of fun, but talking with him for 20 minutes and getting a signed ball was definitely most memorable.

If anyone goes tomorrow look for him set up in the corner wearing a Detroit Stars uniform. Truly an experience I will not forget.

[Roland 49]

Jamie, I'm glad you were at the Philly show and spoke to Pedro Sierra, thanks for the tip.

[Roland 49]

Franco, now I photographed two Méndez cards, although they have the same portrait, one belongs to the second Artistic Series of "Aguilitas 1923-34 and the other to Cigarros Nacionales 1924-25" the card that you show me from Mexico I don't know which series It belongs, but in that country many series were made where Cuban players appear. When you see the photo you let me know so you can see other interesting cards.

[Roland 49]

Now I am sending you from the Newton Estape 1949 collection the # 59 of Quincy Trouppe, it appears in Volume 2 of my Cuban printed catalogs, I have several things that I will send you later, when you see the photo you will let us know, this collection is of 111 photos measure 8 x 10 inches.

[Roland 49]

Jake, now I show you the collection "Alert" to Q. Trouppe, maybe you have it, let me know when you see it,

[Roland 49]

Jake, now I found this ball signed by Quincy Trouppe of the Marianao 1950-51 team, I'm going to keep looking. I must have the 1949-50 one, but there are many, have you seen any?

[Roland 49]

Jake, now I am sending you a photo that I took of a ball signed by Quincy Trouppe in the 1949-50 season, the 2 balls that I have photographed are very rare, the card you are asking is from 1949, O Diaz. You answer me when you see this, if you want I keep looking.

[Roland 49]

In the 1949-50 Program Magazine, the roster of Quincy Trouppe appears in his first year in Cuba with the Marianao team.

[Roland 49]

They asked me to see cards of film artists, they will see Chaplin and Lon Chaney and Rintintin with the "Aguilitas" cigars

[Roland 49]

Jake, now you will see part of a photo of Marianao that I edited so that you can see Adolfo Luque, Ray Dandridge and Trouppe next door but you can only see part of his face,

[Roland 49]

Exhibitor, as you say you collect boxing cards, now I show you some of the "Aguilitas" collection. I think you have them since you have shown cards

[Roland 49]

Marianao team and the Trouppe center, edit this photo.

[Roland 49]

Now I show you from the 2nd series of "Aguilitas" part of a page from my collection that I photograph, Marsan, Torriente, Méndez and others appear.

[Kenny Cole]

I love the Segundas. It is my favorite set, even above Billikens. Here are some of mine

[Schlesinj]

Wow, Kenny. Those are great. Thanks for sharing.

[Roland 49]

Kenny, I congratulate you because you have the best cards in the series and are in excellent condition, do you have the 44 cards in the collection?

[Kenny Cole]

Hi Rolando,

Yes, I have all 44 cards in the set. I need to upgrade some of them, but I do have the complete set.

Kenny

[Roland 49]

Kenny, I'm glad you have the 44 cards from the 2nd series, I like it a lot too, now there is a group of loose cards.

[Kenny Cole]

It is good to see that you have Oms. That was by far the hardest Segundas card for me to find.

[Roland 49]

Now you will see some of the cards that I showed loose yesterday, but now an edited sheet of my album of the 2nd series.

[Roland 49]

Now another group of the 2nd series will see part of a leaf.

[Roland 49]

"Junco 1936 Cigars" is one of the rarest Cuban baseball series, this collection appears in my specialized catalog.

[Roland 49]

Today I will show you some of the "Tomas Gutiérrez" cards this collection is of great rarity and great players appear, some from the hall of fame, but there are several irregularities in the numbering, in my catalog I give a broad explanation of the errors, for example the case of the card that should have the number 59 and they put 58 A on it, some players who made them two cards with different names etc. Now I show you a scan of a group of cards from the Santa Clara team.

[Roland 49]

Exhibitor I am going to try to answer you the questions of the boxing cards, but that is not my specialty, I will look for some information, I will send you some of the 1915 postcards of the Johnson and Willard fight and Kid Chocolate.

[Roland 49]

Expositor, in the previous message I showed you something about the 1915 fight in Havana, and Kid Chocolate, now a photo of the old man, with his robe

[Roland 49]

From the collection of cards "Tomas Gutiérrez 1923-24" I show a scan of some of the star players cards.

[Roland 49]

Now I show you part of a scanned test sheet of the "Cabañas" 1909 series of cards, of the Detroit team, around I put some of the cards already printed

[Kenny Cole]

My favorite card, period.

[Exhibitman]

That's a peach!

[Roland 49]

Kenny I think that Charleston card is the highest quality I have seen, I see that you have a very good collection, now you will see a photo of Charleston playing with the Cuba team at 2927-28.

[Roland 49]

Now you will see a unique piece, the Marianao 1951-52 Hall of Fame signature sheet, Raymond Dandridge.

[Exhibitman]

Speaking of Kid Chocolate, here is one of my favorite pieces:



Inscribed by HOFer Kid Chocolate to HOFer Cuco Conde, who is a boxing HOF member as a journalist.

[Roland 49]

Very good that photo of Chocolate, although I have had two, it is difficult and rare, now I am sending you a photo of a Kid Chocolate match card, I think you should have it, maybe you have a complete album of Romeo and Juliet, I had it At the beginning of the 90s, I had more than 300 boxing cards from 15 different manufacturers since at that time I collected boxing cards and I am sure that some of them are part of your collection.

[Roland 49]

In September 1954 before starting a game between the Richmond and Sugar King teams, there was a tribute to veteran players and then a competition between "Pelotaris" and players from both teams, one with the bats and the other with the "baskets" between Jim Melton and Bob Habbenich against Manolo and Pepe Guara with the baskets, the competition was very emotional but one of the Guara brothers bounced the homerum ball through the center, and the other against the fence.

[Roland 49]

Pedro Formental in a AAA game, playing for the Cuban Sugar King here at the Estadio del Cerro, hit a homerun between right field and center, against another team in the League, but the umpire of second was stopped in 2nd base, the center ran to catch the ball but hit the fence and fell collapsed in the grass, when the pitchers of his team that were warming up in the bullpen fell, they came to help him, but ... one of them put a ball in the glove, at that moment the umpire of 2nd goes towards them and when he arrives he sees the ball in the glove and sings out, and in that a tremendous problem was formed and shouting among the public in the stands, the homerun ball was picked up by a child and I put it in his pants pocket, but those who were around asked him for the ball to show it to the umpire, and one of those present gave the boy 60 cents and said: look with this money you buy a new ball at the stadium store and handed it over and showed it to him to the North American umpire of 2nd base but he had it in his hands and returned it to the public and sang out again, the fight continued but the end result was that Formental, despite having run all the bases, was left without being told the homerum Now you will see a photo of Bobby Maduro owner of the Sugars, Formental signing the contract and Regino Otero manager.

[Kenny Cole]

Lets do some Billikens