Looking for Some Help Identifying Two Cabinets

[oldjudge]

Looks a little like him, but tough to tell. I sent an image to the author of a book about the history of baseball in NW Iowa so maybe we'll get a clue from her. The jersey is not familiar to me which is part of the problem. I have also attached a better scan of the St Paul photographer cabinet. The jersey looks like it does not in fact say St Paul. The last letter does not look like an "L".

[oldjudge]

Dave--I missed your post before I put in my improved image. Thanks for responding. Any idea what the team name on the jersey is? Carroll played for St Paul but the last letter showing does not look like an "L".

Addendum: I checked the Carroll cabinet again with a loope and the "L" in St Paul is mostly, but not completely, covered by a fold of the jersey. All is well again.

[oldjudge]

I also sent an image of the Sioux City cabinet to the HOF research library. Unfortunately, as the response below shows, they could not identify the uniform:

Thank you for contacting the Baseball Hall of Fame.

"You definitely have found something very neat and interesting. After several searches I was also unable to track down any photos that matched that uniform from Sioux City from that time period. So I do not have an exact date. As you may already know, minor league or amateur league baseball information is very tough track down especially in that time period because not everything was kept track of. My assumption is that the team may have been the Sioux City Cornhuskers a minor league team in the Western League from 1888 to 1891. However I do not have enough information to say that is 100 percent true.

Here is what I recommend. It may help, it may not. I would contact the Sioux City Historical Society or Public Library. They should have some information on the Sioux City Cornhuskers. They might be able to lead you down the right path.

Best of luck in your search,"