Does Anyone Have An Image of George Kahler? (Kaler in T207)

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Looking for a photo image of him....not his T207 card.<br /><br />Thanks.

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Posted By: <b>Joe D.</b><p>not mine... found it through google search....<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51amBg%2BTrxL.jpg"><br />

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Thanks Joe, can anyone identify Kahler in this Ohio U postcard?<br /><br /> <a href="http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/?action=view&current=ohiou.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/ohiou.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Hey Dan,<br /><br />This link will get you to a brown border image:<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.vintagecardtraders.org/virtual/t207/t207.html" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.vintagecardtraders.org/virtual/t207/t207.html</a><br /><br />Might he be the short guy, top row, 3rd from left?

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>He was 6' tall according to the baseball almanac so I'm thinking it's probably not the guy in the middle back row, but possible the first guy on the left in the middle row??

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Does anyone have a scan of his T5 or his Zeenut cards?

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>He's also pictured on the T200 Cleveland.

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Well he is on the Fatima Cleveland card. A scan of my premium is on that 'show some team cards' thread...<br /><br /><br />I took the image and cropped it, here's Kahler. In a day or two I can retrieve the premium and scan just his image for you.<br /><br /><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j106/greatwake/ClevelandT200Fatimapremium-2.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Thanks a lot Frank! Now if I can match that face up with one on the postcard....

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Bumped because I added a quality scan of the postcard...

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Hey Dan,<br /><br />This link,<br /><br /><a href="http://www.library.ohiou.edu/find/" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.library.ohiou.edu/find/</a><br /><br />will get you to the Ohio University Library site.<br /><br /><br />Maybe someone there could look at your scan, look through their stuff, and maybe send you a scan of a team photo with players identified...<br /><br />Or maybe you could email the scan to the University's sports department and get it that way...<br /><br /><br />Good luck with it.<br /><br /><br />Frank W.

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Thanks Frank...I appreciate the effort you've put into this for me.

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Mystery solved thanks to Frank's link to Ohio U - they were extremely fast in responding to my query. Apparently "Crum" Kahler was quite the big man on campus at Ohio University.<br /><br />-----------------------------------------<br /> "Mr. Bretta:<br /><br /> If you want to attach the photo in your next e-mail I can give it a<br /> shot. I don't know how I'll do with the rest of them but Crum Kahler is<br /> pretty easy to pick out. We also have a scrapbook dedicated to his career,<br /> and one page of the 1910 university yearbook is also dedicated to him.<br /><br /> Did you know, by the way, that after his career as a ballplayer was<br /> abbreviated by a debilitating condition, he went on to get a degree in<br /> osteopathic medicine?<br /><br /> Bill Kimok<br /> University Archivist<br /> Ohio University"<br /><br /><br />-----------------------------------------<br /><br />"Mr. Bretta:<br /><br /> George "Crum" Kahler is third from the right standing in the back row. He was quite a famous athlete not just for the college but for the town itself as a local boy who made good.<br /><br /> Here's part of what one undergraduate history student wrote about Kahler's local legend for his final paper:<br /><br /> "As Kahler grew up, word of his athletic ability grew into legend. The Athena, the Ohio University Yearbook, told such a story in an article about “Krum” after he left school. 'At the age of two months he could walk. At the age of two years he could throw a stone from his window hitting four out of six passers by. At the age of four he never missed.' While at Ohio University, “Krum” captained the football and baseball team. “Krum” originally played third base for the baseball team but switched to pitcher when Ohio University needed him to in a game in 1908. Kahler stuck with pitching and began to excel during his time at Ohio. He also played basketball."<br /><br /> It's a pretty interesting story.<br /><br /> Bill"<br /><br />-----------------------------------------

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Posted By: <b>Chris Ahart</b><p>that make checking out the forum worthwhile. Thanks for the udpate.

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Dan, Chris...<br /><br />This is one of the fine aspects of this forum... the help, the flow of information. I barely knew of Kahler before this. Thanks Dan!!