Need Photo ID Help

[KCRfan1]

I wish my math problems in grade school and middle school were baseball related like this one. Instead I got a lot of, if a train left a station 60 miles away traveling at 50 miles per hour, and b train left a station 40 miles away traveling at 70 mile per hour, at how many miles would the trains intersect?

[ZernialFan]

Thanks Rick and Lou! My wife is on Ancestry and didn't occur to me to tackle from that end. And liked Lou's relating to a school math problem!!

[Leerob538]

I like the pic, that white house in the background reminds me of the Field of Dreams. Only this one is real.

[Jeffrompa]

Charlie , I grew up in Milmont Park . Would love to know where that picture was shot .

[Dto7]

There was a Bob Kneedler that played in the minors 1911-1912. Found both team photos but he wasn't in the photos maybe because he didn't play enough games.Most likely not the same Bob Kneedler.

I checked all the names at Delaware College in Pa. and found none. Can check high school yearbooks if I knew the high schools they went to.

[ZernialFan]

Jeff Lowe..........I grew up in the area until I was 11. You do not have personal message turned on. If you want to discuss pic maybe we can figure out where it was taken. If you want to send me a PM and leave me your email, we can discuss. Thx, Charlie

Here are a few notes:

Mordecai Sheldrake (1893-1947)
Leonard Warner (1893-?)
William J. MacCarter Jr. (1890-1960), Attorney at Law, University of Penn graduate
Benjamin Logan Edwards (1894-1949)
Robert Kneedler (1892-1985)

They all seemed to live in or around Norwood, PA. Thus the "NW" on the uniform I believe (though there seem to be more letters on the jersey). William MacCarter is your best bet to find solid info, he passed February 8, 1960. In his obituary it indicated he went to Norwood High School, class of 1909. He then attended a Normal school prior to his enrollment at Penn, from where he graduated in 1915. He returned to Norwood in 1916, here's the link to the 1916 Ridley Township City Directory: http://www.ridleytownshiphistory.com...ts/Norwood.pdf All of the players with the exception of Sheldrake & Warner are listed in the directory. Possibly 1916, since 1917 many of these boys may have been drafted.

Hope this helps good luck. Great photo.

Here's an article from the Evening Ledger dated May 2, 1917. M.M. Sheldrake was "business manager". The article lists a partial schedule under "Amateur Baseball Notes".

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...arRange&page=1

I believe the insignia reads "NWAA" for "Norwood A.A." (Athletic Association?) as they were referred to in this June 2, 1917 Evening Ledger article:

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...arRange&page=1

That took longer than usual, good challenge. Lots of fun.