Jim,
The VanOeyen collection is in the Western Reserve Historical Society, in Cleveland.
I happened to have an index copy of his collection, but there was nothing on Chief Bender in the collection. But that does not mean it does not exist, as many of VanOeyen photos were taken when the Cleveland Press went out of business and Getty bought out most of the photo collection.
Not all the photos in the VanOeyen Collection, are identified. Many are not. But your photo said something to the effect of, Bender won many games for the Athletics.
That leads me to believe the photo was taken toward his last seasons with the Athletics or even just after 1914, his final season with Philadelphia.
So my search through the index was between 1910 to 1920. The index gives the names of the player photographed, if known, and mentions that team of the player. and the year of the photo if known.
But, as I said, no luck.
So you may want to search through Getty's collection.
Bill Boyd
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Norm Cash message to his pitchers, the day after one of his evenings on the town. "If you can hold em till the seventh, I'll be ready"
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