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Old 08-04-2022, 11:36 AM   #35772
Chickazoola
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PHOTO LOCATED: Charlie Barber 1884 Cincinnati Unions

A little while back Cinemaodyssey located Wes Blogg in an October 1881 photo of the Richmond and Detroit clubs taken during their exhibition series that month.

Here are the IDs from the photo:
Top Row, L-R: Hankins (Rmd), Blog (Rmd), Martin Powell, Frank Bancroft (Mgr.), Charlie Bennett, Ned Hanlon, Billy Nash (Rmd)
Middle Row, L-R: Napier (Rmd), Barker (Rmd), unidentified, Jim Powell (Rmd), Sadie Houck, unidentified, Mannie Rawson (Rmd)
Bottom Row, L-R: Lon Knight, Henry C. Boschen (Rmd), Samuel Thompson (Rmd), Eddie Glenn

While searching for something else, I was able to find a note in the October 6, 1881 Richmond Dispatch about the Richmond lineup for the upcoming series. It noted that club had added some Philadelphia players including Charlie Barber (who appeared for the 1884 Cincinnati Unions). I noticed there is a player named Barker for Richmond in the second row of the photo. I strongly suspect that this has to be Barber, since there are no Barkers playing around that time that I am aware of. His gaunt features also match what we know about Barber's slim physique (5'10, 148 pounds as per bb-ref).

With this find, we now have every photo for the players on three UA teams (Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Cincinnati).

I should add that I strongly suspect that Jim Brown of the St. Paul club is misidentified based on my notes, and is quite likely Ed Brown (1882 St. Louis + 1884 Toledo), since the St. Paul player was noted to be from the Franklin club of Chicago City League. Ed Brown appeared for the Franklins at one point, and the club was comprised of men who worked as printers like the club's namesake Benjamin Franklin.

There's also a chance it is another unknown Brown.

We do have a photo of Ed Brown though, so either way we are good, just wanted to flag that.
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