c1862 Baseball Team Photo with a Young Admiral Dewey

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Posted By: CarltonHendricks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dewey
The discussion about the baseball photo in the cache of nautical memorabilia that sold on eBay http://www.network54.com/Forum/567138/thread/1195345814/last-1195453206/1870%27s+Baseball+Team+Photo , brought to memory another baseball photo I saw at the 2004 National in Cleveland, that actually was nautical related. It was a c1862 team photo of the Norwich Universtiy baseball team in Vermont, which featued the future Admiral of the United States Navy, George Dewey 1837-1917. 1862 is pretty early for baseball photos. The tattersal pattern uniforms are wild by themselves...and those caps with the stars..so archaic. The photo was ofered by Terry Knouse of Tic and Tic for $15,000.00. You can also see it on Page 4 of my 2004 National coverage at: http://www.sportsantiques.com/2004_national_page_4.htm

Based on the Wikipedia link at the top, Dewey made a great Admiral, but had no business being president of the United States. It's puzzling but based on statements he made about carrying out the orders of congress, he didn't seem to have vaguest idea what the role of the president is. Fortunatly he dropped out of the 1900 presedential race.