Help to identify baseball team from old photo & rppc

[MENAHAN319]

Thanks, Jason, maybe I'll do some searching within auto manufacturing. thanks for the suggestion. the wheel looks to be very similar.So, might it be a company team? I was thinking that they might be a minor league team, but I'm not very baseball savvy. thanks, Tara

[MENAHAN319]

mystery solved, I did more searching on the internet. I found that the Azo post card dates between 1904-1918. I had my suspicion that it may be a Flint Michigan team. I found a website that has the same photo, different post card, but it identifies them as them as "Flint Base Ball Team" they played at Athletic Park in Flint, Mi. I'm going to do a little more digging, maybe I can identify the individual player in the photo.

thanks for all of your help!! It's much appreciated

http://mmm.lib.msu.edu/record.php?id=1513

[slidekellyslide]

The Flint Vehicles of the Southern Michigan League. You found the needle in the haystack.

[MENAHAN319]

Thanks, Dan!! I may be pushing my luck to identify the player in the photo. I did find a roster for the 1908 team on baseball-reference.com That player may be listed there, I'm trying a web search to find photos of the players listed. wish me luck!
thanks again, Tara

[Jaybird]

Nice work, Tara. Congrats on finding the team. YOu could also try searching local papers archives for box scores, etc. The guy is in a pitching pose, so I would assume pitcher. At least that's the research angle I would try first. Then take all of the pitchers from that roster and try to put a face with the names.

[MENAHAN319]

Thanks, Jason, I'm kicking myself for not even thinking about this player being a pitcher!!! It seems so obvious now. lol Anyway, that narrowed down the field of choices to about 6 according to baseball-reference.com. I think that it might be Gene "Rubber Arm" Krapp. I included a Wiki pic of his baseball card when he played with the Portland Beavers. thanks for the suggestion!

[Jaybird]

Holy Krapp! I don't normally say this but that looks like a match to me. See if you can find any photos of Krapp. to match with your photo.