Help with 1946 St Louis Cardinals Signed Scorecards

frankhardy

I acquired these a few years ago. These 2 partial scorecards from 1946 have 11 signatures on them. I have identified 9 of them. All 9 are Cardinals. I was under the assumption that the other 2 were Cardinals, but I have researched rosters from that time period and I can't come up with any leads. They could be coaches, executives, or they could be players from other teams.

Here is what I have identified and what I need help with. Pictures are below I will go in order (top to bottom and left to right).

1st scorecard

Harry Caray d. 1998 (HOF radio broadcaster)
Dick Sisler d. 1998
Gabby Street d. 1951 (former Cardinals player, manager, & radio broadcaster with Harry Caray)
Johnny Beazley d. 1990
Marty Marion d. 2011
????? Johnson????? (help!) (Edited to say - Roy Johnson, a coach on the Chicago Cubs; d. 1986)
Max Lanier d. 2007


2nd scorecard

??????? (help!) (Edited to say - Tommy Holmes of the Boston Braves; d. 2008)
Eddie Dyer d. 1964 (manager)
Joe Garagiola
Stan Musial d. 2013

As you can see, I need help with one on each card - one that looks like a last name of "Johnson", and another maybe looks like a "Larry" or a "Tommy" or a "Tony" possibly. Any help would be appreciated.

tennesseebanker

Could the sig on #1 be Ken Johnson ? signed K Johnson. I thought it was an R but it could be a K.

frankhardy

Thanks for trying. I thought it might be him, as well....that is until I ran across 2 things.

#1 - He played on the 1947 team. Johnny Beazley did not play on the 1947 team, while all of the others players did. 1946 seems to be the common denominator.

#2 - I have found Ken Johnson's autograph and it looks nothing like mine. Here is a link.

Ken Johnson signature

tennesseebanker

The sig on the second one looks like Tommy Homes, so maybe they were playing the Braves that day ?

frankhardy

<< <i>The sig on the second one looks like Tommy Homes, so maybe they were playing the Braves that day ? >>



I think you mean "Holmes".

Good lead. I will check into it.

frankhardy

Ding, ding, ding!

I think we have a winner! That signature looks just like Tommy Holmes. Link below.

Tommy Holmes signature

tennesseebanker

The Braves also had a guy named Bob Johnson who could have signed R Johnson for Robert.

tennesseebanker

I'm just glad I got to see a Gabby Street signature. My dad always told the story about him catching a ball from the top of the Washington Monument.

frankhardy

I got it! It is Roy Johnson, coach on the Chicago Cubs.

With you mentioning Tommy Holmes and the Braves, I looked on the back and low and behold, there were Braves players listed on the scorecard. Sooooo.... I looked on the back of the other scorecard. The Cardinals were playing the Cubs that day. I looked at all of the players on that team. No Johnson. Then, I went to Wikipedia, and it says that the 1946 Chicago Cubs had a coach by the name of Roy Johnson.

Thanks so much for the help!

tennesseebanker

Lol, Glad to help. I didn't realize there were two different scorecards.