https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?p=1607440
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=82674
Use of the term is here, baseball related but not really having to do with this item (maybe, it could be a typo also)
Quote:
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When Eddie Ainsmith was traded to Detroit via Boston, Clark Griffith shattered on of the crack batteries…it was Johnson and (Charles “Gabby”) Street
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https://baseballhistorydaily.com/201...erican-league/
But looking around at other things, it is possible it is a civil war (also seen in some WWI and WWII period contexts) term used in sport. Such as John F Roach and Emmet Rogers, a "Crack battery" of the Los Angeles Angels of 1892.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2767...ngeles-herald/
A mention of a Chief Bender, Ira Thomas version here (but no pic?)
https://robertedwardauctions.com/auc...ad-collection/
That's about all I can find.