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Don OlsonIf anyone has a card of Bert Gallia (circa 1912-1920) and can make a high-resolution scan, either to be posted here or sent to me directly, it would be greatly appreciated.
For the next issue of the St Marys University school newspaper, I will be writing an article about a legendary baseball game played during spring training in San Antonio almost exactly 100 years ago.
Melvin Allys Gallia, then a young undergraduate at St Louis College (former name of St Marys University), had the distinction of striking out Ty Cobb.
Gallia later went on to a major league career with the Washington Senators (1912-1917), the St Louis Browns (1918-1920), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1920) - - on cards from that era he will be known by his nickname, Bert Gallia.
Illustrations of Gallia would be helpful for that article, and a credit line can be included crediting whoever supplies an image (or I can keep the credit line anonymous, if that is preferred).
Don Olson, Texas State University
dolson@txstate.edu