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Posted By: Dan Bretta

In my somewhat limited study of college ball players at the turn of the century I have found that at many schools not only was there a varsity baseball team, but also a freshman squad, fraternity squads, and even college squads within the school (Law, business, agricutlure, teaching, et cetera) Usually only the varsity team would be pictured in the annual yearbook. I used to have a bound copy of the Daily Nebraskan (UNL's student paper) from 1906 and not only did these teams play intraschool games, but also played against teams from other schools.

It's possible that the players pictured on your photo are not varsity players and never were.

edited to add: That's not to say that I think you should give up by any means....the search is 99% of the fun.