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Originally Posted by tnfoto
As shown in the 04-Apr-1886 NY Sun. Gifford managed the 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers and the 1885-86 New York Metropolitans.
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There is a photo purported to be of the 1887 Columbus baseball club online:
https://digital-collections.columbus.../african/id/37
If this is that club, the manager is identified in the Columbus Dispatch on April 29, 1887 as J.H. Gifford, who was brought in from Syracuse, which would be Jim Gifford (giffor001jam). So here is a comparison of the manager in the 1887 with the known image of Mr. Gifford. Is it a match? The mustache makes it hard to compare.