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Originally Posted by milkit1
Fred merkle make up game 10/08/08 - from left: two umpires, Schulte, possibly Tom Needham, ...
...Chance and sheckard
...unsure, possibly Carl Lundgren
...Frank Chance batting and presumably Admiral Shei catching
...Cardinal sliding...
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Tom Needham was not with the Cubs in 1908. The player near the left whose face is most visible (he is wearing half sleeves) looks like Jimmy Slagle.
Needham, however, appears to be the player with Frank Chance in the lower photo (not Jimmy Sheckard).
Carl Lundgren was released on April 23, 1909, before the Cubs had visited the Polo Grounds (where these photos were taken). I think the pitcher may be Irv Higginbotham.
The picture with Chance at the plate is of batting practice; the catcher is a Cub (and is wearing a Chicago uniform).
The "Cardinal" sliding is definitely a Brown (but I can't determine which one).
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