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Originally Posted by Joe_G.
Hello Bob!
Owen, Jack McQuaid is a tough N172 card. Jack's card was first issued in 1888 with a nameplate that reads "JACK McQUAID, Umpire American Association" and then re-issued in 1889 with an updated nameplate that read simply "McQUAID, Umpire" but he was then working the NL circuit (league change between 1888 & 1889).
The Denver player is actually Mortimer Martin "Mart" McQuaid (not James). This is a correction to the book due to fine research by Scot Reader.
Back to Umpire McQuaid, he is also shown on OJ card 309-4; posed behind Chippy McGarr (not my card).
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Thank you!!!
Thank you so much for helping me with my article, so here is the checklist of N172 Umpires I have at the moment:
#NNO Wallace Fessenden - Arms by side.
#NNO Wallace Fessenden - Arms folded.
#NNO Wallace Fessenden - Hand on knee.
#NNO Wallace Fessenden - Hands behind back.
#NNO “Honest John” Kelly - Looking at approaching ball “Ass.”
#NNO “Honest John” Kelly - Looking at approaching ball “Ass’n.”
#NNO “Honest John” Kelly w/ Powell
#NNO Jack McQuaid - Nameplate: “McQuaid, Umpire American Association.”
#NNO Jack McQuaid - Nameplate: “McQuaid, Umpire.”
#NNO Chippy McGarr w/ Jack McQuaid - McGarr/Umpire
Thank you so much again, and I hope you don't mind me using your information for my article.
Thanks,
Owen
