UPDATE! - Caught Off Guard - Guy offering to sell- 1917 Cin Reds w/ Christy Mathews

[Bicem]

Definitely Chase, I don't see Thorpe either.

[slidekellyslide]

Clarence Mitchell second from left in the front row.

[White Borders]

This might help for identifying players: 1917 Cincinnati Reds Roster from Baseball Almanac.

Pitchers
Rube Bressler
Hod Eller
Joe Engel
Elmer Knetzer
Clarence Mitchell
Scott Perry
Herman Pillette
Mike Regan
Jimmy Ring
Dutch Ruether
Roy Sanders
Pete Schneider
Fred Toney

Catchers
Tommy Clarke
Emil Huhn
Harry Smith
Ivey Wingo

Infielders
Hal Chase
Gus Getz
Heinie Groh
Larry Kopf
Bill McKechnie
Dave Shean

Outfielders
Manuel Cueto
Tommy Griffith
Sherry Magee
Greasy Neale
Edd Roush
Jim Thorpe


Best Regards,
Craig

[brianp-beme]

It looks like Edd Roush top row third from the left.

Brian

[TheBig6]

Nice Team Photo
TheBig6 in a Reds Uniform is pretty Cool.
I think I've seen that image somewhere before.
I think it's real but thats just my uneducated opinion.
Good Luck

[bmarlowe1]

The correct ID's are as follows:
Back row:
Hod Eller, Mike Regan, Edd Roush, Hal Chase, Dave Shean, Pete Schneider, Ivey Wingo, Elmer Knetzer, Roy G. Sanders

Middle Row:
Emil Huhn, Fred Toney, Greasy Neale, Tomas Romanach, Tommy Griffith, Jimmy Ring, Eddie Gerner

Front Row:
Nick Allen, Clarence Mitchell, Manuel Cueto, Christy Mathweson, Larry Kopf, Heinie Groh, Tommy Clarke

About 5 years ago I did the ID's for a descendant of Roy G. Sanders. I couldn't figure out the guy dead center. One name in a March 1917 issue of TSN listing players present at Red's spring training was "Romanach" - but I could find no minor or major league record for that name - so I couldn't find his face for comparison. A year or so later I found the same face as the unknown Red depicted in a photo of Tomas Romanach in "Smoke - The Romance and Lore of Cuban Baseball." He was a Cuban of non-Spanish European descent who apparently appeared in some Negro League games.

[tjb1952tjb]

Very interesting Mark........thanks! It's always nice to have all of the names associated with the faces.

[Jaybird]

Nice get on Romanach. Gotta love how these things can come to you even a year or years down the line. Thanks for sharing that. I've added "Smoke" to my summer reading list.