1907 NYAL mystery photos

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by BuzzD

I have a 1907 composite photo that is likely a presentation piece after season was done but 2 of the photos are unlabeled. Any guesses on who the players might be?

I think that both images could be Clark Griffith. The middle two photos below are Griffith in 1904 and 1905.

[BuzzD]

I don't know. Griffith would have been 38 in 1907 and only pitched 4 games. Photo looks like a much younger player. I guess earlier photo could have been used but he was already pictured as the manager.

[milkit1]

I agree the first one is Clark Griffith

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by BuzzD

I don't know. Griffith would have been 38 in 1907 and only pitched 4 games. Photo looks like a much younger player. I guess earlier photo could have been used but he was already pictured as the manager.

The image on the left (with NY clearly visible on the shirt) shows a player wearing a 1906 uniform, when Griffith pitched in 17 games; he was very much a part of his own pitching staff then. The face has the same strong features as Griffith's; I'm pretty certain that's him. The other photo is not as clear, but still resembles him. Perhaps this collage was made as a gift to Griffith himself, so the images of him in uniform did not need to be identified.

[BuzzD]

On the reverse there is a notation of Al Orth - I was kind of assuming that this was distributed to all the team members after the season and that it might have been in whatever he saved

[Dto7]

Al Orth is the third player and looks like in Chicago. Here's another of him in Chicago in 1905.

[BuzzD]

Below is detail re Orth on the composite. I still think the unlabeled guy near him is Neal Ball.

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by BuzzD

Below is detail re Orth on the composite. I still think the unlabeled guy near him is Neal Ball.

The unlabeled player is wearing a dark uniform, which the Highlanders last wore in the 1906 season. Neal Ball debuted with the team in September, 1907. Why would he be wearing a dark uniform?