In case the tragic story above associated with Mr. Gerl evokes interest in photos of George Treadwell, here are a couple. The one on the left is from the Canton (OH) Repository of Sept. 8, 1930 and shows him in the uniform of the Moline Plows minor league team. The one on the right is from the Davenport (IA) Daily Times of July 30, 1930. I assume that's also a Moline uniform, but I'm not sure.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=treadw002geo