Casey Stengel and the 1909 Kansas City Red Sox

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by drc

I saw the pc in person and thought it looked genuine.

As far as the newspaper clippings, I merely googled. That was the extent of my research. In fact there at the top of the google list, so I assumed Scott already red them.

But, yes, I take full credit.

David, I googled every variety of "Casey Stengel 1910 post card Kansas City Red Sox" that I could think of, and I never saw those newspaper clippings - still can't locate them using Google. I thank you immensely.


Here's something from the 'George Cochran' page (by Craig Lammers) of the SABR Biography Project.

My Note: Apparently, Ira Bidwell, described as 'manager' on the reverse of the 1908 KC Bentons cabinet, was indeed also the manager of the KC Red Sox. This explains why there is so little information regarding the KC Red Sox - they only existed for one season:

"Ira Bidwell was just a few months older than Cochran. While still a teenager, he established the Kansas City Red Sox, an independent professional team. The Red Sox were competitive with minor league teams and even signed the occasional player under minor league contract. In the spring of 1910, Bidwell received an offer to move his team to Wyoming, and the Cheyenne Indians were formed. In 1910, pitcher Claude Hendrix jumped his contract with Salina of the Central Kansas League to play with Cheyenne. The next season George Cochran joined the team."

Here's a photo of Bidwell's 1910 team, from Photos of Bidwell's 1910 team



And from the same website (Bidwell standing):