Help Identifying St. Louis Browns (?) Postcard

[judsonhamlin]

I think that Jimmy Austin may be top row, 2nd from right.

[bmarlowe1]

No - no Jimmy Austin or Bobby Wallace or any other well-known faces here.

[slidekellyslide]

St Louis University had a baseball squad back then.

[mzm55]

Hi All,

Thank you for the responses so far. I certainly went through a few players in my head, including Austin and especially Wallace, but could not confirm anything — close but not close enough.

I also considered a college team but the players look too old, at least some of them.

If this really is a grouping of members of the St. Louis Browns is is really bad luck in the timing of the photo to not have one at least semi-recognizable face.

I did notice something new under close inspection — the player in the upper row, second from the left, has a different sweater on than the others. His sweater’s logo is similar but features an “S” with a giant bottom to the second portion, unlike the logo on the sweater just next to him. Here it is blown up:



I cannot find this logo anywhere.



Best,

Zach

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by mzm55

Hi All,

I did notice something new under close inspection — the player in the upper row, second from the left, has a different sweater on than the others. His sweater’s logo is similar but features an “S” with a giant bottom to the second portion, unlike the logo on the sweater just next to him. Here it is blown up:

I cannot find this logo anywhere.

The 'S' is the same on both sweaters; it is faded on the sweater to the left. The "giant bottom" is the base of the 'L', which loops around the bottom of the 'S'.

[bmarlowe1]

Originally Posted by RUKen

The 'S' is the same on both sweaters; it is faded on the sweater to the left. The "giant bottom" is the base of the 'L', which loops around the bottom of the 'S'.

Absolutely correct on the logos.

Also, with respect to "I certainly went through a few players in my head, including Austin and especially Wallace, but could not confirm anything — close but not close enough."

No - really they are not close at all.