Ahh, Spring is in the air - Deadball era baseball footage

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Posted By: bmarlowe

The 4 Cubs visible in the 1:07-1:11 sequence in Philly are L to R Chance shaking hands with Davis, Sheckard, ?, Schulte.

The Murphy 2-run double (1:56) occurred in game 4 of the 10 WS at West Side Grounds, so its likely that the pitching sequence (1:24) is also game 4 (Bender is pitching). The only attempted bunt in game 4 that I can find in pitch by pitch game accounts (Chicago Tribune 10-23-1910) would indicate that the batter is King Cole, bottom of the 3rd inning. After the attempted bunt was missed (strike 2), he struck out on the next pitch - which appears to be a dropped 3rd strike in the video.

Since that batter is quite tall and thin - he may very well be Cole. One weird thing, the batter appears to have a capital "T" logo on his jersey - what is that about?

Note that with Bender pitching game 4 in Chicago, we can see Ira Thomas catching and Jack Barry at SS.

In the Murhpy double sequence at 1:56, Jimmy Archer is catching, Tinker is at SS, and we get a quick look at Steinfeldt at 3rd at the end of the clip.

The "1904 World Champion NY Giants" sequence starting at 6:12 shows a 1905 celebration of the Giant's 1904 NL pennant (no WS in 1904).

At 7:41, it switches to film from the 1906 season in which the Giants wore those "World's Champions" jerseys to celebrate their 1905 WS win.

This clip of the Pirate's 1909 WS bench pans from R to L, so I'll provide a few ID's in that unusual order: R to L: Bobby Byrne, Mike Simon, ?, ? (coughing) , Bill Powell (likely), Chick Brandom, ?