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Originally Posted by insidethewrapper
On page 452 of the Old Judge Book it states that Detroit and Indianapolis were photographed in 1888 by Fearnaught Studios in Indianapolis. As stated before, maybe they were in the studio together that day in April, 1888 and there was a mix-up or mistake between the teams at the studio. I also see that a Spence Indy Manager OJ card was not made in 1888. Why ? Maybe McGeachey was going to be the manager and the card was simply misspelled.
More research will be needed to see if McGeachey, a Indy player, was being considered as a manager during this time period and also when Spence was hired as manager.
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Or maybe Indy didn't have a manager at the time and the joke was that White was the manager because he was so old?
Also, White was a famous player who had been in the league for twenty years. How could they possibly fail to recognize his picture? It's about as likely that someone would mistake Derek Jeter for Tony LaRussa.