Circa 1890's team photo - Need help identifying players
 

Posted By: <b>Tony Andrea</b><p>Just purchased a circa 1890's old baseball team photo and need some help. <br />The seller states that two of the players in the picture are well known players from that era. <br />Dirty Jack Doyle & HOF 1st baseman Roger Connor. <br />Please see bottom row last two players on the right. <br />Doyle, (if it's him) would be the player with his right arm resting on his right knee, <br />and Connor, (if it's him) would be the player with bat leaning on his leg with his arms crossed. <br />Doyle did play for the Columbus Soloms and the photo originates from Dublin Ohio. <br />Written on the back is "Charles Fay Leppert, Dublin, Ohio.<br />Do any of these players look familiar to anyone and do you think the sellers story holds water?<br />Regardless, it's a neat photo. I enlarged the photo in the 2nd pic for close ups of the players.<br />Dan Bretta, where are you??<br /><p>Tony <br /><img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a95/andreatny/rconnorpic1.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a95/andreatny/rconnorpic3.jpg"><br />

Circa 1890's team photo - Need help identifying players
 

Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Hi Tony- while the player on the lower right looks like Connor, I would say it's pretty iffy. I wouldn't pay a big premium on that basis, because it's likely wrong. And I don't know what Doyle looks like, sorry.

Circa 1890's team photo - Need help identifying players
 

Posted By: <b>Rhys</b><p>Town team photo with neither of those players pictured. The gloves would make this a circa 1890 photo and by that time Connor would not be playing on a town team like this. Nice equipment images.<br /><br />

Circa 1890's team photo - Need help identifying players
 

Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Looks like them, but photos like these without provenance are tough to tell...like Barry has said many times everyone looks like someone in these 19th century photos.<br /><br />Jack Doyle<br /><img src="http://www.billfelber.com/doyle.jpg"><br /><br />Roger Conner<br /> <img src="http://www.baseballlibrary.com/pics/headshots/Connor_Roger.gif">

Circa 1890's team photo - Need help identifying players
 

Posted By: <b>howard</b><p>Isn't the guy a bit skinny to be Connor?

Circa 1890's team photo - Need help identifying players
 

Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Looks like his cheekbones are too high to be Connor as well..the other guy looks an awful lot like Doyle though, but without provenance too iffy.

Circa 1890's team photo - Need help identifying players
 

Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>I'm always suspicious of this kind of photo identification. It's usually done by a seller who thinks he has made a great find and wants to capitalize on it. I stay away from these photos as a matter of principle (unless they are being sold as a generic town team).

Circa 1890's team photo - Need help identifying players
 

Posted By: <b>Tony Andrea</b><p>Thanks to all who chimed in. I didn't purchase the photo because of who might have been in it<br />and I definitely didn't over pay. I just thought the image was pretty neat and thought it would <br />make a nice framed piece for my office and thats exactly what it is.<br />I could look at images like this all day long. No steroids in those bodies, huh?<br /> <br />

Circa 1890's team photo - Need help identifying players
 

Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>I hear you Tony, and I buy photos like this all the time....with all that equipment in there this one is a beauty.