Help With Unknown Signatures On Baseballs

[thatisrathernice]

Hello Everyone, I have these 2 autographed baseballs just sitting in my china cabinet. They were given to us and I don't really know much about them. The blue signatures is one ball and the black sig last photo is a separate one. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance. 

[dbfolks166mt]

Augie may be August Donatelli. He was a major league umpire from 1950-1973. He was highly regarded for his ability as well as his inclination to eject players and managers quickly and dramatically. He was on the cover of the first issue of Sports Illustrated with catcher Wes Westrum who may actually be one of the other signatures.

Wesley Noreen Westrum was a professional player, coach, manager and scout. He was a catcher for the NY Giants from 1947-1957.  

I don't believe the William D. White signature is an autograph but part of the printing that was placed on the ball when it was made. He was a player then became the president of the NL from 1989-1994. This also helps you date the age of the ball. He was also a sportscaster for the NY Yankees from 1969-1987. 

I am clueless on the one in black magic marker. 

[thatisrathernice]

@dbfolks166mt Thank you so much for your help and knowledge. 

[cargo_cat13]

You posted this six months ago, so I don't know if you still possess the balls.

As a previous poster identified two of the autographs on the first ball as those of umpire Augie Donatelli and catcher Wes Westrum, who both featured on the cover of the first issue of Sports Illustrated, I had a hunch that the third autograph is that of Eddie Mathews, the batter in that photo.

I did a search for photos of Eddie Mathews' autograph, and sure enough the autograph on your ball looks like samples on the web.

So one of your baseballs has the autographs of all three men who appeared on the iconic first cover of Sports Illustrated. Congratulations.