Zane Grey Baseball Photos

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Posted By: Max Weder

I followed this live auction with interest (unfortunately, not with enough $).

Some interesting photos of Zane Grey, the noted writer of Westerns, in his baseball days. (For those who don't know, Zane also wrote three baseball books)

http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=007&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=170099029232&rd=1,1#la-image-1




Max

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Posted By: Tom Hufford

I'm betting that some of these photos are of Romer "Reddy" Grey, Zane Grey's brother. Romer was a long-time minor leaguer, and was playing in the Eastern League in 1903 when Pittsburgh became low on players and picked up Romer to fill in (outfield) in one game in late May.

Romer was probably the inspiration for Zane Grey's book "The Red-headed Outfielder", and Zane named his son Romer, after his brother. Zane's son Romer was also a prolific western writer, but not as famous as his father.

Tom Hufford

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

I have a cabinet of a Delphos player who I believe played along with Grey in the early 1890s.

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Posted By: Max Weder

Tom

That's a good point about Romer that I didn't consider.

Here's a couple shots of Zane's dust jackets





This last one is from a UK edition of The Young Pitcher; I guess they figured a baseball player in uniform would be lost on their market



Max