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Old 10-16-2009, 03:13 PM
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I am not an Anson expert, but I think not.

Here's a link of the woodcut that hasn't been "colored"...

http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/175006

I think that as the runner slides home that is the catcher tagging him... the fellow running is running from the pitching box. In 1885 Anson was primarily a first baseman. I do not think that was meant to be Anson, but instead a generalized image.
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