Help Decipher: 1947/1948 Baseball Autographs

airjoedan

From a 1947/1948 autograph album (mostly Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants), these were the ones I could not figure out. Any help figuring these out would be greatly appreciated...







On a side note, I guess these could be celebrities of some sort as there are a few Laraine Day autographs in here. Interestingly enough, this was a Dodgers fan album and 1947 was the year Day had a known affair with Leo Durocher. So, not sure if this is the celebrity exception or not in the book.




Thanks again!

airjoedan

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2. Gino Garibaldi (wrestler)
3. Erv Palica (Dodgers)
4. Kenny Ackles (wrestler)
5. Dennis James (host - future "Price is Right" fame)
6. Bibber McCoy (wrestler)
7. Dutch Sweigert (wrestler)

airjoedan

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World Heavy Weight Wrestling Champion Bibba McCoy

airjoedan

Thanks for the help everyone, only 1 left to decipher! The Dennis James autograph makes sense now as years before "The Price is Right", he was involved with Wrestling shows.

Does anyone know if there is any value to the wrestling autographs? Not much to go by on eBay unfortunately and I have no idea what that market is like.

- Joe

LarkinCollector

Any French or Canadian wrestlers of the era (it's not Maurice Tillet/The French Angel)? First word looks like 'tres' which would be 'very' in French, but that's not a language I know very well.

LarkinCollector

Ah ha, that was my error. I was looking for 'Aportivement'. Found one boxer who used it frequently with their auto, but doesn't look anything like this writing.

ETA: OP - I would reach out to users KNAPP or wrestlingcardking on values for these autos.