gowdy

Cool shot

Great capture!

October 13, 1914 was the last day of the World Series, won by the Boston Braves in a four-game sweep. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914_World_Series

This was apparently taken at an earlier time, though, when the Braves were playing at the Polo Grounds in New York. Gowdy was the hero of the Series that year for Boston. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Gowdy

According to www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1914/VNY101914.htm, the last game the Boston Braves played against NY at the Polo Grounds was on 10/3/1914. Perhaps the dates on the negative is when the photographer developed and printed the image.

At the 1917 World Series at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan. "Henry Morgan Gowdy Born: 8 / 24 / 1889 at Columbus, OH (US) Died: 8 / 1 / 1966 at Columbus, OH (US) Best known today as the first active major leaguer to enlist for service in World War I, Hank Gowdy was a "fair-haired skyscraper" (he stood 6'2" and weighed 180 pounds) who caught more than 100 games in only three of his 17 seasons in the majors.1 Gowdy had what we would now call a Zelig-like ability to turn up as a prime actor in some of baseball's most dramatic scenes." sabr.org/bioproj/person/afac3842

Hero of the 1914 World Series for the Braves, hitting .545. First active major leaguer to enlist in WWI. bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1231&...