As graceful as a dancing master

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Conroy married Mary Helen Carey in 1904. He had brown hair and blue eyes. He did not attend college. During WWI he worked as a rigger for the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden, NJ. Over the years, the Conroys lived at both 239 and 301 East Main Street in Moorestown, NJ.

[Kawika]

Found this Bain photo at the Library of Congress website.

[Tyler]

Great thread..."refreshing" to say the least. The T206 w/bat is one of my favorite cards of all-time. Would love to follow more threads like this.

Also, great pic posted above...really cool to hear and especially see more about these "non hof's".

[Northviewcats]

Thanks David for posting the Conroy Washington photo. I was looking at his photograph on his Ramley card and he looked very young. What a difference a few years makes standing in the East coast sun.

Tyler, I agree Conway's bat card is one of my favorites, too. I saw a NM example on eBay a week or two ago and the sunset to the left of his head was really striking. In the light it looks almost like glowing prism on one side of card. I also like the way he is choking up on the bat. In Berstein's article in SABR, he mentions that Conray choked up far up the handle of the bat and sprayed the ball into all fields, typical of many of the hitters of the day. It's a cool card. Actually, his fielding card is pretty sharp, as well, with the grassy background. There is a nice use of different shades of green and the texture of the grass towards the bottom of the card. He may be a candidate for having the best looking cards in the set when you compare them with any other player that has a fielding/batting pair.

I note that Conroy is featured on several early 1900 issues: Ramley, W600 Sporting Life Cabinets, Colgan's Stars of the Diamond, Darby Chocolates, M116, Red Cross and the Rose Company postcards. Does anyone have any of these cards in their collection? Any scans?

Thanks,

Joe

[bcornell]

Wid Conroy always remind me of my favorite eBay card, ever. Apologies to those who've seen it before, but here it is again:





Bill