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Originally Posted by UKBaseballfan
Is there any possibility that Joe Strauss, could be in the image, third from left, and Hecker re-positioned?
Any explanation for the caps shown in the image as they do not appear to match the uniform caps previously documented?
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Joe Strauss was already connected with Milwaukee in February of 1887, so there is little reason to believe he would be in uniform with Louisville in the spring, even if he were practicing with the club prior to heading to Milwaukee.
I was wondering about the caps myself. Just skimming the Threads of Our Game website, it seems there is a lot of contradictory descriptions of the uniform, and no real photographic evidence. The description on that site from the opening day described them as red and black striped, which doesn't match the photo. Did clubs have home and away uniforms then, such that there might be two different style caps?