Identify this 1911 White Sox player?

[T206Jim]

This RPPC is from March 1911 when the Chicago White Sox trained in Mineral Wells, Texas. I am confident of that, but what I am not confident in is the identify of the player. Anyone know who this is?

1911-Whites-Sox-burro-front.jpg

1911-Whites-Sox-burro-front-face-crop.jpg

[Tao_Moko]

I'm going to take a stab without looking for comparisons just for fun(the forensic ear as nose folks will be here shortly to get to work). I'm gonna say,.....Donahue

[ThomasL]

congrats on the pic up. I was interested as it is from spring training in Mineral Wells (very popular donkey rides there then)

[ThomasL]

I thought it was either Lord or Tannehill with Lord being my first guess

[RUKen]

Fred Olmstead

[Brian Van Horn]

Jim,

Here are the stats of the 1911 Chicago White Sox at Baseball-Reference.com. When you click on each name, a picture comes up on the next page.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/t...1-roster.shtml

[ThomasL]

also I would suggest if you have newspapers.com account reading the reports from spring training to get a better ST roster as they would have players who didnt make the team as well.

Ive done a ton of research on the White Sox ST from 1916-1919 and IDed group photos and it can be challenging to find photos of the minor leaguers who may have never made the big leagues or worse...example...try to find a photo of Gwynn Williams who trained with the White Sox in 1918 and 1919 who was apparently a local teenager (18-19yo) possibly serving in the Army stationed near by....it can be more than challenging lol

[ThomasL]

Putting my chips down on Jesse Baker.
And he was with the Sox in ST in 1911

[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by ThomasL

Putting my chips down on Jesse Baker.
And he was with the Sox in ST in 1911

I was also thinking Jesse Baker, but I couldn't say for sure.

[brianp-beme]

Here is Jesse Baker's photo (which is probably just a b/w image of the Obak shown) from baseball-reference.com. Jesse pitched for Spokane in the PCL in 1909 and 1910, and for the White Sox in 1911.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Looking at the images, I don't think it is Jesse Baker.

Brian

[dbrown]

Not to question your date & place, but this reminds me of the famous image of the White Sox in Royal Gorge, Colorado, from 1911 I think.

https://baseballhall.org/discover/sh...-on-the-bridge
https://www.brockelmanauctions.com/c...-lot10070.aspx

[T206Jim]

Thanks for all the replies so far, a few look like possibilities and that is my dilemma so keep them coming. I originally thought it is reminiscent of the Royal Gorge as well, but aside from the front Mineral Wells attribution I also found a March 1911 newspaper article about Mineral Wells presenting the White Sox players with burros which had a photo of Ed Walsh on a burro in the same location.

[ThomasL]

Here is a good list of players in camp on 3-3-1911

Yes it is unquestionably Mineral Wells, the donkey rides were a thing they did.

[Beansballcardblog]

I have no knowledge, but this is really cool to me, as I'm not too far away in Fort Worth.

[Leon]

This probably doesn't add much but it's the White Sox training in 1913....and I have some 1921 postcards of them training too, one in Waco..

[ThomasL]

Originally Posted by Leon

This probably doesn't add much but it's the White Sox training in 1913....and I have some 1921 postcards of them training too, one in Waco..

What does the 1920-21 postcards look like? Would love to see them!

[T206Jim]

Here is another 1911 Spring Training RPPC of the White Sox in Stephenville, Texas. Note the tricycle in the foreground.

Sox-front.jpg

[ThomasL]

In case you wanted an affordable Zeenut to go with that postcard....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1913-Zeenut...oAAOSwh8lgIuHM