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[Fred Merkle, New York NL (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • Daimon Eklund said:
    Based on the box scores of the 1912 Series, I think this is a photo of Merkle stealing second in Game 4. www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1912/B10110NY11912.htm
  • RedSoxWon said:
    Fred Merkle is probably best known for an unfortunate blunder that he made as a rookie in the heat of the 1908 pennant race between the Cubs and the NY Giants. In a 1-1 game in the bottom of the ninth, with Giants runners on first (Merkle) and third, a Giant player lined a single that brought in the supposed winning run. Giants fans stormed the Polo Grounds field, and in the chaos that ensued a Cubs player stood on second base with the ball. After a hasty conference, the umpires ruled that Merkle never touched second base and was ruled out on a force play. The game ended in a tie, rather than a Giants win, and the Cubs went on to win the pennant and the 1908 World Series. The verb "to Merkle," meaning to leave something incomplete, entered the American lexicon.
  • yodiddydawg said:
    darn! im related to him
  • murphman61 said:
    Going by the uniforms in the photo, I'd have to say that the Giants were in the field and a Red Sox runner was safe at second.
  • Art Siegel said:
    LOC, You should probably ask the Sabr committee to take another look at this ID.

    I agree with Murphman61. In the other photos from that year's Series, the Giants have the socks with those stripes. Maybe it's Merkle *making* the tag.
    [New York Giants walk onto the field at the Polo Grounds [New York] prior to Game One of the 1912 World Series, October 8, 1912 (baseball)] (LOC)

[1st Game - 1912 World Series (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • DruryGirl said:
    Wonder what they would have thought of "Tessy"

[New York Giants at the Polo Grounds [New York] prior to Game One of the 1912 World Series, October 8, 1912 (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • Art Siegel said:
    From the car, the timing (before the first game of the World Series) and the position of Larry Doyle (seated on the running board), I'm going to say this was the award ceremony for the National League MVP (known then as the Chalmers Award, and accompanied by a Chalmers vehicle) to Larry Doyle. This matches up with other Chalmers Award photos in the Bain Collection.
    Presenting Collins with car (LOC)
    [Presenting Auto to Walter Johnson, Washington AL (baseball)] (LOC)
    Presenting auto to Jake Daubert (LOC)
  • Arden said:
    artolog: Thanks for your comment about the Chalmers award photos. We will include some information about it in the description for this and the other images which you have identified.