Chicago Union Giants Negro Postcard

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by mannybb24

Good find Scott, see, I told you it was Jack Johnson.

I received an email from the winner of the postcard a few days ago and even after spending 2.4k on it, he knows nothing about the team.
He did say he will be doing his own research on it so I'll definitely let you know what he can come up with, if anything.

Steve

Steve, I agree concerning the 1905 Union Giants, but not the Union Giants on the 1907 postcard - almost certainly two different people. The Chicago Union Giants were almost exclusively a barnstorming team after Leland split with Peters and formed the 'Leland Giants', so anyone could be on the team during a given road trip;e.g-Will Horn from the Lelands showing up on Peter's team in 1907 (sort of surprising, given the Peters/Leland history).

I have been maintaining rosters/stats for some of the Chicago teams from 1909-11. I should have enough information somewhere from 1907 to get some good rosters together for those Chicago teams.

I just checked a sampling of 1907 Leland Giants box-scores (May through August), and Will Horn does not show up in any of them. If that recent Union Giants postcard is showing Horn on loan from the Lelands, it's almost certainly not from 1907.