Help Identifying Photo

[rand1com]

Yes. If a question cannot be answered by the members of this forum, it is likely an unanswerable question. I'm still a little confused as the article says Tommy Connolly gave the ball to the mayor after the first pitch of the game but that clearly is not Tommy Connolly shaking hands with the mayor. It clearly looks to be Frazee to me. The mayor is holding a baseball in the photo so still a little confusing but much more clarity than I originally had. At least I opined it was an opening day ceremony. I was just two years early.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by rand1com

Yes. If a question cannot be answered by the members of this forum, it is likely an unanswerable question. I'm still a little confused as the article says Tommy Connolly gave the ball to the mayor after the first pitch of the game but that clearly is not Tommy Connolly shaking hands with the mayor. It clearly looks to be Frazee to me. The mayor is holding a baseball in the photo so still a little confusing but much more clarity than I originally had. At least I opined it was an opening day ceremony. I was just two years early.

It makes sense to me. Umpire hands the Mayor the ball, walks away and hand shakes and posing begins. Maybe there was also a picture taken of Connolly handing over the ball, but we may never know unless it's residing in another collection somewhere, or the photographer didn't get the timing right, or it just never survived.

[nolemmings]

The way I interpreted it was all of this celebrating took place prior to the game. Frazee hands the ball to the mayor so that he can throw out the first pitch right before play ball, mayor throws out ceremonial pitch and the ump then hands it to the mayor, who is now in the stands.

Seems the whole production was handled differently than in today's game, because the account says the mayor served up the pitch to Rube Oldring, who would have been the lead-off hitter for the visiting Athletics. Obviously he was required to take the pitch and it did not actually go against the count. Now of course there is no batter in the box.

[rand1com]

Thanks. Your sequence of events makes sense.