Team Photo Circa 1915

[smokelessjoe]

Here are some great links that are full of info and some nice pics of Oklahoma Sports teams. I think it is really well done and it mentions several local teams as well as High School competion info. I think if you really dig into all the info, you might find the missing link.

Bob Burke and Larry O'Dell of the Oklahoma Historical Society really have done a great job.

At the bottom of each page are "quick links" for Golf, Sports, Indains, etc. all pertaining to Oklahoma.

Below are two links: One for Baseball and one for Football. Football link has a Great photo.

Hope this helps

http://digital.library.okstate.edu/e...s/B/BA030.html

http://digital.library.okstate.edu/e...s/F/FO015.html

[Potomac Yank]

Those are fantastic and interesting sites.

Kawika:
"A worthwhile mystery to be solved, freeing your wife's grandfather from the darkness of history."

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Damn David, that was well said.

[Oldtix]

My roots are in Oklahoma and I love seeing this photo. My great-uncle was playing on a team in Okemah in the teens and my uncle was on a great American Legion team there in the thirties.

Bob Burke, Kenny Franks and Royse Parr created an outstanding 1999 book titled "Glory Days of Summer: The History of Baseball in Oklahoma." Curt Gowdy wrote the foreword. The first organized game on record in Oklahoma was played in 1882 when it was still Indian Territory. The book covers baseball in all forms: townball, college, high school, town teams, barnstorming, sandlot, semipro and minor league baseball. I didn't find any uniforms like these pictured in the book.

McAlester had minor league teams in 1905 (Missouri Valley League), 1906 (South Central League), 1907 (Oklahoma-Arkansas-Kansas League) and 1908 (Oklahoma-Kansas League). From 1914-1926, the McAlester Miners played in the Western Association.

Here's a photo of the 1910 Oklahoma University Team (note the hound dog mascot at front). For what it's worth, the 1913 Oklahoma A&M team (today Okla State) don't resemble your style either. Good luck in the quest!

[Abravefan11]

Rick P -

Do you have any photo's of the University of Central Oklahoma or Oklahoma Central Normal from that time period? They regularly played OU and A&M during the time frame that the photo was taken.

[Oldtix]

Here's the 1896 team (when the school was named Territorial Normal) and a shot of a Central State player presumably from the 1920s.

[smokelessjoe]

Here is some neat stuff... Do not think it helps though.

[cfc1909]

thanks to everybody that is or has worked on this. I will try and gather more info and post