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Originally Posted by gonefishin
The problem is that it also lists Bones Ely who was playing for the Athletics and a gentleman named Sheig as the catcher. Bones Ely is understandable because he was in Philadelphia also, although with the Athletics but there is somewhat of a link. Sheig I have no idea.
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There was a catcher named Gerry on the York (Pennsylvania) YMCA team in 1900, and another player on that team named Ely. I think that "Sheig" may actually be "Ghery", a mis-spelling of Gerry's name. (A capital G in cursive writing can look similar to a capital S, and look at how the y in Delahanty looks like a g and the r in Wolverton looks like an i.) I suspect this scoresheet may be from an exhibition game that featured players from the Phillies, and that Gerry and (not Bones) Ely filled in for Philadelphia players that did not participate.