Things got a little harry on this card. Like all vertical cards, both players appear on other cards in the set. Harry Danning was a darn good player, twice finishing in the top ten in MVP voting. In our “enlightened” times, it seems alien that such things could happened so relatively recently, but in 1934 during spring training, a Florida hotel refused to lodge Danning and fellow Jew Phil Weintraub. Giants manager and All-Star first baseman Bill Terry threatened to take the entire World Champion team to another hotel unless his Jewish players were given lodging. The hotel’s management backed down.
Harry Gumbert was a good pitcher whose notable achievements included leading the NL in appearances and saves (1948) and earning a World Championship ring with the Cardinals in 1942.
