Sir Lurksalot photopack (Negro League players)

[cinemaodyssey]

I found this image of the Birmingham Black Barons in the 8/10/1941 edition of The Kalamazoo Gazette. While not an ideal photo, I didn't have pictures of Eddie Snead, Nora Listach and Willie Nixon. Beggars can't be choosers.

[cinemaodyssey]

I located a nice photograph of a young Rooney in the 4/7/1928 edition of The Des Moines Register. He later played briefly for the St. Louis/New Orleans Stars.

[cinemaodyssey]

For those that are interested, I've updated my Negro League Facepack through the 1941 season. Progress is a little slow as I'm trying to comb through some newspaper sources to find obscure players.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1s3at...=nze6gh61&dl=0

[Dto7]

Al Preston of the 1952 Chicago American Giants, from the August 22, 1952 Kalamazoo Gazette.

[Patsy Tebeau]

Some nice shots of these guys in uniform

[Cusick]

Catcher Leon Childress was with the Baltimore Elite Giants throughout the 1939 season, but he won't be found in the Seamheads database because he apparently was merely a backup catcher. A somewhat talented player named Roy Campanella was the first stringer at that position.

The photo shows Childress with the Elite Giants. It's from his SABR BioProject biography.

[Cusick]

Pitcher Eddie Dixon appeared with the Atlanta Black Crackers, Indianapolis ABC's and Baltimore Elite Giants during the 1938-40 period.

Dixon is shown here wearing a Baltimore Elite Giants jacket. The photo is from his biography in the SABR BioProject website.

[Cusick]

Wilmer Reid was an outfielder and pitcher with the Indianapolis Clowns in 1957 and 1958. After retiring from his playing career, he became a scout with the Philadelphia Phillies.

[cinemaodyssey]

I didn't see a photo for Evans, also referred to as "Slim", on Seamheads. I was able to locate a photo of him pitching for the Motor City Giants in the 7/31/1943 edition of The Michigan Chronicle.

[cinemaodyssey]

Also known as "Schoolboy" Lomax, he was pictured playing for the House of David in the 7/30/1939 edition of The Bellingham Herald. Sadly he was murdered in 1975 after a card game argument.

[cinemaodyssey]

Here's another helpful team photo which features several players I did not have pictureds of. It was featured in the 6/21/1940 edition of The Vincennes Sun-Commercial and has Charley Carter, Half Pint Allen, and Sam Warmack, all missing players.

[Cusick]

Thanks, cinemaodyssey, for your March finds. Very helpful.

[bctrackboi11]

Auburn Nelson pitched for the Atlanta Black Crackers and South All-Stars in 1937. This picture was printed in the August 7, 1937 edition of the Atlanta Daily World.

[infieldfly]

Originally Posted by Cusick

Catcher Leon Childress was with the Baltimore Elite Giants throughout the 1939 season, but he won't be found in the Seamheads database because he apparently was merely a backup catcher. A somewhat talented player named Roy Campanella was the first stringer at that position.

The photo shows Childress with the Elite Giants. It's from his SABR BioProject biography.

After playing with the Topaz apps...

[infieldfly]

Originally Posted by Cusick

Pitcher Eddie Dixon appeared with the Atlanta Black Crackers, Indianapolis ABC's and Baltimore Elite Giants during the 1938-40 period.

Dixon is shown here wearing a Baltimore Elite Giants jacket. The photo is from his biography in the SABR BioProject website.

More Topaz sauce...

[caribeño]

Originally Posted by Amazin69

From an older RMY catalog, Collins in winter ball with the Caguas Criollos. (Year uncertain; the back of the photo only says "1940s"). An improvement over the other smaller Collins images, IMO.

Attachment 1013939

I removed the sepia and sharpened the picture, per usual practice.

It is from the season of 1948-49

[caribeño]

Renfroe was with Torreón in 1950 ( .264), 1951 ( .266) , and 1952 (.213)

[caribeño]

Carlos M. Santiago - 1946 Atlanta Black Crackers.
Here in the uniform of the Mayaguez Indios of the Puerto Rico´s Winter League uniform .

[caribeño]

Jose A Figueroa - 1940 - New York Cubans. Here in the uniform of Mayaguez Indios of Puerto Rico´s Winter League 1938-39.

[caribeño]

Julio Báez was both a Rightfielder , and a reliever for the New York Cubans in 1940. Originally from the Dominican Republic. Not sure if this image is from his time in México (1946 or Venezuela (1938).