ID Help: MOE BERG?? 1923/24 Brooklyn Robins? (Bonus: There is a Dog Smoking a Pipe!)

[Jobu]

Good call Dewey - from the Hall of Fame's Dressed to the Nines uniform database, it looks like they are wearing 1923 home uniforms.

[CobbSpikedMe]

That dog was made famous in the various "Dogs Playing Poker" paintings. Awesome to see an actual photo of him.

[Leon]

Great photo of a dog smoking in the first post....but I have nothing on the IDs

Here is a pc with one smoking a cigarette....sorry it's a bit OT but what the heck.

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by Leon

a bit OT but what the heck.

Appears to be Pre-War.

[lumberjack]

Put your money on 1924. That's an expanded roster spring training photo and they probably would have been wearing the uniforms of the prior season.

If you check the rosters, in those days the players were pretty much the same from year to year. Kind of an impossible task. That's Dutch Reuther, the lefty hitting his glove with his fist on the left side of the image.

Terrific photo.

lumberjack

[conscious_crow]

Bryan,

First off, thank you for sharing such a nice piece! Aesthetically charming and unique for sure!

In looking through the different faces, I was able to ID a particular fellow by the name of Bernie Hungling, a rather lanky catcher for the time period (6-2, 180). In the third picture you posted, he's the taller fellow standing in the back row, five players from the left. He played for the Robins for the 1922 and 1923 seasons, which would likely date this to the 1923 season, as you surmised.

Again, this is my best guess, but given other photos that are available of Hungling, I'm confident that is him in this particular group shot. Oh, and Dazzy Vance is standing directly to the left of Gene Bailey (looking down while fumbling with his glove) - very cool!

Best,
Josh

[Jobu]

Thanks everyone!

One thing I noticed looking at 23-24 rosters, is that a 21-year-old Moe Berg is on the 1923 team but not 1924. Is anyone here familiar with pictures of him from his younger days? It's a bit tough with many of the players looking down or to the side.

[Jobu]

I just looked for Moe and I think I see him. He was only on the team in 1923, so that would make this 1923. Looking forward to hearing if people agree with the id.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=berg--001mor