Ohio Photo ID Question.

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Posted By: Scot

I have an old baseball photo/card and was hoping someone in the Ohio area could identify him for me. Some information is givin on back.

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Posted By: ramram

Wow! Is that really a woman or is it a man and he just happened to organize a woman's indoor team??

You might want to try some of the old Spalding Guides. I know there are some online and there are also some available on CD's. One of the many guides Spalding produced were for indoor baseball.

Rob M.

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Posted By: Scot

Wow, this may be a woman. I need more info than I thought.

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Posted By: barrysloate

If the writing on the back is correct it reads "organizer of the woman's baseball team" which doesn't necessarily have to be a woman. That sure looks like a man in the picture, but I can't be absolutely certain.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Back then, probably more often than not a woman's team was organized and coached by a man. Plus women baseball players tended to wear uniforms different then men's. On those 'sexy' 1800s tobacco card and postcards the women are in men's style uniforms for comic effect, but in real life the female uniforms tended to be much different. They often wore skirt-style pants ... The given title of 'Phyical (Education) Director' probably means he worked at a school, perhaps a high school. Most physical education directors back then, and today, were men.

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Posted By: J Levine

Nice piece and could hold some possible historical value. I would contact the CIAA, the oldest black intercollegiate sports organization in the county. Founded in 1912 in and around the midwest (including Ohio) it is still important today. It is a NCAA Division II conference. They do have a website and might start by contacting someone there. Google: CIAA

Joshua

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Posted By: Scot

Thanks to all for the information.

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Posted By: fkw

What is the word between female and baseball? A city?? School? It may be the key

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Posted By: steve f

Frank, that word looks a lot like INDOOR, if you compare the R's from the previous writing. Was the Astrodome already in place?

I just acquired my first (inexpensive, beaten and not prewar) Felices Caramela card of a past Negro Leaguer, Barney Sissell. It will be one of my favorites.

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Posted By: Joe D.

fkw,

it looks like the word is indoor.


and it also seems like this person (guessing is a man) was a 'physical director'... maybe like a gym teacher / athletic director.

and he organized a femail indoor baseball and track team.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Obviously, it's an interesting historical item, worth the owner looking into. The way to focus the research would be to focus on Ohio high schools, where presumably they would be playing indoor ball and track. Indoor baseball was not a rare sport, played in the school gym during winter. I've seen photos of men playing the game.

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Posted By: runscott

The Fall scene is a bit odd. That picture brought back immediate memories - playing ball in the Fall in a flat field next to a levee. Of course, it was football at that time of the year.

There was such an incredibly huge number of town/factory teams during that period - one for almost every little town in the state - that it will be tough to i.d.