Team Photo circa 1915

[bmarlowe1]

The cadet collars on jerseys appeared in the major leagues beginning, I believe, in 1909 (see for ex. Cubs), along with the vertical lettering. It did not stay popular long - just a few years. (see also PCL teams for similar).

I would say U of Oklahoma is a good guess if your wife's grandfather may have attended - directly contacting their athletic dept miay be a good place to start.

[DixieBaseball]

Jim,
Really cool piece!

Re/ :

"the guy sitting front row far left reminds me of Jeremy J. Nashvillebaseball
(Hi Jeremy). I have only met you once at the National but he looks like a relative of yours. Any relatives from Okalahoma? Looks Native American."

- Interesting you mention this b/c after looking at that photo, it reminded me of my Dad as there are a few photo's of my father we have when he was younger that look very similar to that dude and yes, we have Native American Indian in us ! Also, English and German !! Our families are from Kentucky/Tennessee area. I do have some relatives in Oklahoma, but not sure of origins.... You never know. That fella could be my great uncle ! lol

[cfc1909]

ok just got back in -I will post over the other side-

ok it is over there now -thank you guys

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

I would say U of Oklahoma is a good guess if your wife's grandfather may have attended - directly contacting their athletic dept miay be a good place to start.

Elmer Ponder played for U of Oklahoma from 1913-1915 and doesn't appear to be in this photo to me but I could be wrong.

Edited to add: I don't have a good pic of Elmer to compare.

[FrankWakefield]

Maybe this will help... got this about 20 years ago from Larry Fritsch.



I can just see him nonchalantly whipping that sidearm crap past some poor batter.

[Abravefan11]

The only guy that I think looks close to Ponder is on the back row far right. Mark or someone else will have to make the call....

[ethicsprof]

great piece, ole buddy.
thanks for sharing.

best,
barry

[E93]

That is a very cool photo, whatever it is.
JimB

[bmarlowe1]

Originally Posted by Abravefan11

The only guy that I think looks close to Ponder is on the back row far right. Mark or someone else will have to make the call....

Ponder is not there.

[cfc1909]

Wow - Joe you were right-this did get some attention and i want to thank everybody for looking and trying.

I talked to my wife and she said I don't think my grandfather went to the University of Oklahoma. I am leaning with maybe a high school team.I will check as much as I can and with the family and post what I find.

[slidekellyslide]

They do look high school aged...and why I thought maybe it was a Freshman squad from OU. It would be unusual to have uniforms that do not indicate they are a High School team though.