Photo ID Help: 1914-15 era photos of Chicago Cubs, Sox, and Feds.

[thecatspajamas]

1913 Roster
http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi...gi?id=0724d373

1914 Roster
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHI/1914.shtml

My Federal League knowledge is sketchy at best. Looks like they were considered an independent/minor league in 1913 and the Chicago team went by the nickname Chicago Keeleys? Then in 1914 stepped up to major league status and changed the name to Chicago Chi-Feds, then to the Chicago Whales in 1915. All this is coming from baseball-reference.com, as do the above rosters. Dto7's Al Wickland is listed on the 1914 roster, but not 1913, but is clearly wearing the same style of uniform shown in Rhett's photo. I'm just all kinds of confused now. Could one or both photos be from spring 1914, still wearing the uni's from 1913?

Rhett, are the photos you have actually clipped from the publication, or is that just how you cropped them for posting? Just wondering if there might be some other details (from the backs even) that might help to at least tie down a year on these.

[Dto7]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

1913 Roster
http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi...gi?id=0724d373

1914 Roster
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHI/1914.shtml

My Federal League knowledge is sketchy at best. Looks like they were considered an independent/minor league in 1913 and the Chicago team went by the nickname Chicago Keeleys? Then in 1914 stepped up to major league status and changed the name to Chicago Chi-Feds, then to the Chicago Whales in 1915. All this is coming from baseball-reference.com, as do the above rosters. Dto7's Al Wickland is listed on the 1914 roster, but not 1913, but is clearly wearing the same style of uniform shown in Rhett's photo. I'm just all kinds of confused now. Could one or both photos be from spring 1914, still wearing the uni's from 1913?

Rhett, are the photos you have actually clipped from the publication, or is that just how you cropped them for posting? Just wondering if there might be some other details (from the backs even) that might help to at least tie down a year on these.

Some photos of the 1914 Chicago Whales using the uniform.

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/...p/~ammem_05F7:

Don Stokes

[milkit1]

the white soxer is for sure Ed Walsh

[bmarlowe1]

The Wickland photo is spring 1914 - they wore the 1913 uniforms at that point. Rhett's photo could be either year.

The White Sox player is Walsh.

[rhettyeakley]

I wanted to see if I could confirm the identities prior to posting the whole piece but I'll go ahead and show it. I think the item is from 1914 and is a broadside (or possibly a trolley sign) from the Chicago Examiner advertising their coverage of the 3 Major Leagues of the time. It is doubtful they would be covering the 1913 Federal League season to this extent, especially assigning one of their writers (and former Major Leaguer) to cover an outlaw minor league team. Anyways, here is the whole piece, it measures approx 11" by 21" in size. Neat piece...

[Jaybird]

very cool piece.