Let's see some postcards

[GeoPoto]

The 1906 Washington baseball team lost 95 games and finished next-to-last in the American League. The team was led by player-manager Jake Stahl. Stahl's managerial record across two seasons in Washington and another two in Boston is not impressive. And though he was a World Series champion in 1912 and led the American League in home runs in 1910, he is best remembered as the acknowledged eponym of the term "jaking it", a baseball phrase for faking an injury to stay out of the lineup, or otherwise loafing.

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[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

The 1906 Washington baseball team lost 95 games and finished next-to-last in the American League. The team was led by player-manager Jake Stahl. Stahl's managerial record across two seasons in Washington and another two in Boston is not impressive. And though he was a World Series champion in 1912 and led the American League in home runs in 1910, he is best remembered as the acknowledged eponym of the term "jaking it", a baseball phrase for faking an injury to stay out of the lineup, or otherwise loafing.

Washington's prospects took a decided turn for the better the next year with the arrival of a 19 year-old pitcher out of the bush leagues of Idaho named Walter Johnson. He got there too late for the 1907 Sporting Life premium, but he is in the 1908 version, which might be his first appearance on a card or premium.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Washington's prospects took a decided turn for the better the next year with the arrival of a 19 year-old pitcher out of the bush leagues of Idaho named Walter Johnson. He got there too late for the 1907 Sporting Life premium, but he is in the 1908 version, which might be his first appearance on a card or premium.

Hank - Do you have an image of the 1908 Sporting Life Supplement of Washington? I would like to see which image they used of Johnson.

Here is Johnson's PC760 Rose Co. postcard which was also issued in 1908.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

Hank - Do you have an image of the 1908 Sporting Life Supplement of Washington? I would like to see which image they used of Johnson. Here is Johnson's PC760 Rose Co. postcard which was also issued in 1908.

I think it was the Horner photo, but since I can't remember where I saw it or when, now I'm not even positive that I've seen a 1908 Washington version. I do have a picture of a 1909 I once owned, and that is the Horner image. Since I can't find reference to a 1908 online, I'm wondering now if it exists. Is there a checklist of them somewhere?

[rickalaska]

This is the 1908 Sporting Life - Walter Johnson - he is in the upper left corner

This looks like a "reverse image" of the 1908 Rose Co. postcard

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by rickalaska

This is the 1908 Sporting Life - Walter Johnson - he is in the upper left corner. This looks like a "reverse image" of the 1908 Rose Co. postcard

It looks like they didn't worry about which side of the negatives they used. In this 1909, Cantillon and Milan are reversed from the 1908.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

It looks like they didn't worry about which side of the negatives they used. In this 1909, Cantillon and Milan are reversed from the 1908.

In the case of Milan and Johnson, it looks like they reversed the image so that all of the players are looking towards the center of the image. I am sure that they did this with other players as well. No idea why they reversed the image of Cantillon.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by rickalaska

This is the 1908 Sporting Life - Walter Johnson - he is in the upper left corner

This looks like a "reverse image" of the 1908 Rose Co. postcard

Thanks for posting that image from the Sporting Life Newspapers. It definitely looks like they used the same Horner image that the Rose Co. used, except that they reversed it.

Not to get too far off subject, but does anyone know if The Sporting Life actually issued a W601 Supplement of Washington in 1908 or was this image just used in the January 30, 1909 edition of their newspaper?

I know that The Sporting Life issued W601 supplements between 1902 and 1911, but it seems as though they issued all teams in some years (1903, 04, 05, 06 and 09) and only a few teams in others (1902, 07, 08, 10 and 11)

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

Jake Stahl...is best remembered as the acknowledged eponym of the term "jaking it", a baseball phrase for faking an injury to stay out of the lineup, or otherwise loafing.

The available sources for this seem to be 21st century internet sites, which lack citations of any publications from Stahl's era that use the term "jaking it" with a clear reference to Stahl. This seems apocryphal to me, but perhaps somebody on this board has found it in the archives of the Boston Post or some other likely source.