1910 phillies unpublished photo, debut

[billyb]

Ctown,

I have thought of that, but only Durant team I found so far was based out of Oklahoma. But thank you for your input. I am still searching, now at work, so cannot search too hard............on the sly sort of.

[ctownboy]

Billyb,

This might be a long shot but maybe the Durant team was nicknamed the Phillies?

Philadelphia had been the Phillies since the 1880's and since Durant-Dort was a large carriage maker maybe they took the name Phillies to go along with what their business was associated with.

David

[billyb]

Ctown,

Just got back home and checked my notes, I was wrong, no Durant, there was the Dothan Phillies, but they were out of Alabama, and started in the mid 1930s.

I am sort of looking at an 1880s team that was called the Detroit Ponies. They were said to have some young ballplayers, but I cannot find mjuch about them, or how long they existed.
There were also the Davenport Pirates, Darby Phantoms, Dubuque Packers, Dover Phillies, Davenport Prodigals. As you can see I concentrated on the letters "D" and "P". Only the Ponies were a local team.
Can't forget the Kalamazoo Celery Pickers.....LOL I had to just throw that one in there.

[etsmith]

There was a Packard plant that opened in Detroit in 1903, if it's a company team.--ESmith

[billyb]

This company team has some nice uniforms for the day. So I do believe they are an organized team at some level. The guy in the middle that has not got on a uniform, could he be the manager???
They even have a bat boy in the middle..................oops, that is just a short ball player.................never mind.

[murphusa]

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Team looks to be the Kalamazoo Printers

Caps don't matter as it looks like 1 is wearing a Tigers cap and the others are similar on the right

[billyb]

Thanks Murph, The Pickers were in existence in 1911- 1912. They were called other nicknames in other years. I was able to see one of their uniforms, but the "P" was centered in their jerseys, not the left breast side of the uniform. But the closest one so far.
Plus Kalamazoo is on the opposite side of the state then Filnt, probable 200 miles apart.
The largest cities beginning with a "P", in fairly near vicinity to Flint is Pontiac, and Port Huron.
But I do appreaciate the effort.