erwin

Ross Emil Erwin Bats Left, Throws Right Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb. Debut August 26, 1907 Final Game July 23, 1914 Born December 22, 1885 in Forney, TX www.baseball-reference.com/e/erwinte01.shtml Aug 3,1911 - Against the Cubs, visiting Brooklyn gets three homers in the 5th inning as Eddie Zimmerman, Tex Erwin, and Zack Wheat connect, not consecutively, in the 5 - 3 win. Zim's and Erwin's come against Lurid Lew Richie, while Fred Toney serves up Wheat. The trio will total six homers on the year, bu got three of them in this one inning.

The person on the left is likely Erwin's wife, Constance, who was originally slated to be the navigator on the trans-Pacific flight. She was disqualified for her age (20) and pregnancy.

This is a (albeit understandable) misspelling on the caption. "Lt. W.P. Irwin" should be spelled, "W.P. Erwin." This is a photo of American Fighter Ace William P. Erwin. Bill Erwin would go missing (and presumably drowned) during the ill-fated Dole Air Race from Oakland, CA to Honolulu, Hawaii. Erwin was piloting a Swallow airplane named "Dallas Spirit." Erwin and navigator Alvin Eichwaldt failed to return from a search for two other missing competitors, the Miss Doran and The Golden Eagle, and is presumed to have perished on 19 August 1927. See: William P. Erwin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Portwood_Erwin Swallow Monoplane "Dallas Spirit" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Spirit Dole Air Race en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dole_Air_Race See other photos of Erwin during the Dole Air Race within the SDASM Fickr photostream, here are just two among many: