I’ve been helping a friend identify some sigs on a rough old ball. It was his great-grandfather’s ball and was stored in a sock (it’s now in a cube). The signatures are rough, but I was able to start with Fred Fitzsimmons - the clearest sig on there. I was able to find some authenticated sigs of him and felt comfortable about his signature. I was able to ID Fred’s signature with a pic my friend texted, but needed better shots of the ball. My friend brought it to work this week. As soon as I picked up the ball I noticed Hubbell’s sig. It’s very faded but has that loopy lefty lean. From there I started looking up NY Giants signed balls from the era and have matched 7! Those 7 fellas only played together on the Giants from 1930-32. Pretty excited about that. Hoping to figure out more of them and maybe pinpoint the year. I’ll post some images of the authenticated “source” ball next. It’s a 1932 NY Giants signed ball.
