Fischer Old Judge Identification
I recently saw a post here about a discussion over the identification of Fischer in the Old Judge set. I believe the player to be Charlie F Fischer. Below I have included an ID card that his family posted online, noting that the spelling is wrong on the ID (not the OJ card). Besides looking like an older version of him, Fischer got married in Chicago on February 27, 1888, so he can be placed in the same town as the Maroons just as the preseason was about to begin. Now obviously you need the baseball connection, so I also included two of the mentions from his playing days, pitching in Illinois in 1887-88 for two different teams (Champaign and Decatur). He can also be traced back to St Joseph in 1886, as shown below as well.
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Last edited by z28jd; 06-26-2021 at 06:23 AM.
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