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

[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.

[smokelessjoe]

First, I would like to thank everyone for their help. Mark, Thank you very much - you have been a huge help to the history of baseball and to collectors like us - Thank you.

Cool Thing: The broken corner in the upper left was in the frame!!!

Ok, here are some photos - Measures nearly 14" x just over 11" - The Kicker is the sticker on the back - For me the sticker makes it solid - The Address on the front of the photo "21 w. Liberty Street" matches the address on the sticker on the back. I am now wondering if the frame is original, due to the fact the sticker states "picture frames cut to order"???

With the name "F. Boellinger" I have been able to find quite allot of Cincinnati baseball pictures. Even has some copyrighted

Wondering about value on this?? Any guesses

[D. Bergin]

Wow, nice get! Looks like you bucked the odds on this one.