Charles V Moran d.1934 Signed Envelope 1903 - 1905 Senators & Browns Deadball

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Charles V. Moran d.1934 Signed Envelope 1903 - 1905 RARE Tough Autograph from a Deadball era player.
Signed C.V Moran on back flap of envelope. The envelope was part of a letter sent to a baseball prospect while Charles Moran was a scout for the Detroit Tigers. I have the letter and can share a photo if requested. The letter however is NOT part of the auction.
Please see the photos for condition of the envelope and signature. There is visible aging and wear of envelope as shown. If you have questions or need additional photos please reach out as photos are part of the description of item.
Charles Vincent Moran (March 26, 1879 – April 11, 1934) was a professional baseball infielder who played in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators (1903–1904) and the St. Louis Browns (1904–1905). He attended Georgetown University.
During a stellar career at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, Charlie Moran was “considered the crack college shortstop in the country” and had several major league clubs bidding for his services. Once he entered the professional ranks he soon developed a reputation as a trouble-maker and malingerer, wearing out his welcome with such celebrated managers as Jimmy McAleer and Ed Barrow. McAleer said, “He was late in reporting last spring, and from the day of his arrival in Dallas, tried to get off from practice and told hard-luck stories to his teammates.” Barrow added, “Why that fellow aggravated me to desperation during his short time he was with me. If he made a throw, he would grab his right shoulder with his left and prance around as if he were in torture. He imagined he had more ills and injuries than would put a team in the hospital, and if he had any ginger or spirit, he never exhibited it.”
That reputation, injuries, and a batting average barely over .200 limited Moran to less than three seasons in the American League. However, later in his career, when he was being considered for coaching and minor league managing jobs, Moran was lauded for his “keen judgement of players, coolness, and character” and that he “knows how to handle himself and has proved on the field in the capacity of captain at various times in his career that he could get more work out of the players than the majority of managers.” The reason for the transformation in his temperament is not known, but after retiring from professional baseball, Moran went on to a long and successful career as the baseball coach at his alma mater.
Also in 1912, Moran was hired as baseball coach at Catholic University of America in Washington. One of the players coached by Moran was an architecture student named Wally Pipp who also played first base. The following season Moran signed on as coach at Georgetown and he enlisted his old college teammate, Doc White, now pitching for the White Sox, to coach his pitchers before White had to report for spring training.  While still continuing to coach at Georgetown, in 1916 Moran took on the role of athletic director at Catholic University. He was credited with building up not only the school’s baseball program but also track and field and football. He built very competitive squads during the late teens and early twenties but later in the decade, “the genial mentor has been handicapped considerably by lack of material.”  Moran was inducted into the Catholic University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992. During his tenure at Georgetown Moran also worked as a scout for the Detroit Tigers for several years.