Twenty years ago my daughter's teacher found out I was a collector of sports "stuff" and wanted to show me something that has been in her family for years. Since she was getting married soon and her husband to be was a huge sports fan she was going to give these items to him as a wedding present and would not sell them too me. She did offer to make me very clear copies so I could save them for myself and I uncovered these copies in a box today.
What the teacher had was seven snap shots taken in Wrigley Field during the late 20's early 30's (I havent tried to narrow down dates yet) in which the players posed for her grandfather. The story was that her grandfather was a young boy and would beg the players to stop so he could take a picture of them The teacher had no idea at the time who the players were and we sat down with a 1933 Speed Johnson Who's Who book that I had and we came up with some names. Some are obvious such as Hack Wilson but some not so much. I would be interested to hear thoughts on who each of these players in the snap shots actually are.
The following are the photo's that the teacher made copies of along with who I think the player is. (Thankfully the teacher wrote her name on one of the pages....I am going to give her a call and see if she wants to sell!!)
This first photo I am a bit stumped on The one on the left I have no idea and maybe the one on the right is Charlie Grimm?
The next photo is a bit easier as I think this is Riggs Stevenson and Hack Wilson (No doubt about Wilson)
The next photo I believe might be Rogers Hornsby??? I have no idea on this one.
The next photo I believe is Kiki Cuyler on the left and a very young Stan Hack on the right? Again, Not totally sure about these two but I am confident on the Cuyler.
I thought the pictures were very interesting and I wish I had the originals.