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Originally Posted by Chickazoola
I located a woodcut of Mike Drissel(l), who played for the 1885 St. Louis Brown Stockings. He was a member of the St. Louis Police Department and the woodcut appeared in a July 26, 1897 St. Louis Republic article that details his participation in a baseball game between the PD and Fire Department.
The article also features a woodcut of P. McKenna, who I believe may be Patrick McKenna, an 1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings one-gamer, who as per Peter Morris was a St. Louis Policeman.
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The photo below was printed in the St. Louis Star on July 2, 1922, of the policeman's club twenty seven years earlier, reportedly from the day before they played the firemen. I believe that refers to the same game. Included in the photo are Pat McKenna, Darby O'Brien, Mike Drissell, John (Jack) Kirby, and Long John Healy. The photo can be found on Newspapers.com.
Also included is a player names William Sullivan. I know there was a William Sullivan who played a single game for the St. Louis Maroons in 1884. I do not know if this is that person, as an article from the Globe Democrat in 1897 states his profession was a butcher.
Additional note: "Long John" Healy is probably better known as Egyptian Healy.