That's what I'm talking about!!! The T210 bug left teethmarks in poor old martindl....
James Fox played first base in Columbus, 1909 through 1915. He was with Portsmouth for 1916, his last year in professional baseball. Fox managed the 1910 Columbus Foxes.
Elmer Benson was a second sacker. He was with Columbus for part of 1909, all of 1910. In 1911 he moved up to class B ball. If you see him with a Columbus team for 1913, 1914, and 1915, that is the Columbus Senators in Ohio in the American Association, class AA ball. We've just past his birthday, September 11, 1884.
William Hille was a third baseman, he was with the Columbus Foxes for 1909, 1910, and 1911. In 1912 he moved to the class B Texas League, where he played until he returned to Columbus, Georgia for the 1917 season, appearing in 28 games, 9 of them as a pinch hitter.
So I think your bigger photos depict them from a bit earlier than 1916. Benson is only there for a year and a half... gotta be the end of the 1909 season, or the 1910 season.
One of the catchers for those 1910 Columbus Foxes was Raymond Krebs... I wonder if he was Maynard G. Krebs' grandfather...
Absolutely great photos!!! Do you have any more of those that don't match up to a T210?? And that's only your 8th post!@%$!% How can you have great stuff like that and be sitting on it?
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