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This picture taken out of Victor Herald newspaper, dated 20 July 1906.

TOP ROW: (L to R), Garnet Davis pitcher, J.O. Connell 2nd base, Bowers right field,
James Calligan 3B.
TOP MIDDLE: Mngr. Marvin A. Wilber
MIDDLE: Harmon shortstop, R. Osborne left field
BOTTOM: S.Barry catcher, Higinbotham mascot, Mead centerfield,
D.H. Osborne 1st base


I cannot find this team with any minor league teams, so must be a makeup team to compete against other city teams. I like pictures like this as this was early baseball played for fans who could not travel to see major or minor league teams.
Teams like this left their small part in history also. Unknown if they were paid, or played just for the fun. This picture I just found posted in a genealogy web site for Ontario County, NY.
A later newspaper clipping announcing the starting lineup had some name changes, but does not state if the picture had the new players in the photo. The changes were; Theo Quigley center field, W. Harmon 3b (was ss), J. Driscoll ss and W. Bushnell Osborne LF
I am 65 years old and remember watching a Canadian traveling teams like this play ball. It was like going back to this era as they played on a little league style field, small backstop, no seating around field, and yep, the cornfield was the homerun area in left and left center field. But could those guys play ball.

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