Early Team Photo...Revisited

[Vintagecatcher]

I have looked at this photo for many years. I believe this to be a Spring Training photo of the Pittsburg Pirates. I certainly could be wrong, but I'm encouraged by the fact that I have found cards of George's team mates that bear a striking resemblence to players in the photo.

I originally stopped and viewed the photo on eBay, because I liked the great baseball jackets. I then noticed that the player front row all the way to the right looked like a player I have been collecting for 20 years...George Gibson.

At first I thought it might be a Minor League team that George played for, but then I noticed that several of the players looked like other Pittsburgh Pirates.

After comparing the photo to players portrayed in sets such as M116, S74, T205, T206, I believe 8 of the 10 players look like members of the Pirates. I still am uncertain regarding 2 of the players in the photo.

Back row (left to right) Mike Simon, Babe Adams, T.B.D. John Flynn, Dots Miller, and Paddy O'Connor.

Front Row (left to right) T.B.D., Chief Owen Wilson, Tommy Leach, and George Gibson.

Now that I have thrown my "guesses" out there, I welcome any feedback from the board.


Patrick