It takes the baseball uniform on husky Buck West to make him look like a professional athlete and mixed career stats (bad in the majors, decent in the minors) imply that West might have tried his hardest when things came easy.

The SGC FR 1.5 grade contains a lot of positives, with wide borders that look clean apart from a few surface specks. Corners are better than you'd expect for this grade. The photo's fading somewhat without losing essential details, which might be what its grader saw as the key issue. Combined population reports show four total graded, all with low scores, so you can't upgrade much from here!

This card appears as #490-2's reference image on page 427 of the Old Judge book by Miller, Gonsowski, and Masson. Love of the Game is proud to offer several cards seen in their outstanding work of research and presentation as part of our 100+ N172 listings.