I'll say right now that what now looks to be a printing error in the St Joseph report I linked has cast some doubt for me. I didn't look more into it because I had all of the connections, but the Charles Fisher who played in Champaign in 1887 was a shortstop. It's possible that he is the Charlie Fisher linked above (who was said to pitch), which would place him with a local team for 1888 as well. I wish that photo of him was better.
I still have the photos that look alike and proof that Charles Fischer was 24 and in Chicago at that time, plus his name would be correct on the card. Those are all great clues, but I don't know about the baseball connection anymore
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