johntener

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_K._Tener - good pic as he used to play baseball

Quite a contrast to a modern baseball audience picture. -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

Another Bain/LOC photo of Governor Tenor throwing out the first ball at Ebbets Field: National League President (and Pennsylvania Governor) throws out the first ball in the first game of the season at Ebbetts Field in Brooklyn, April 14, 1914. The Dodgers beat the Braves that day. Cold weather kept the crowd down to about 12,000. "Dodgers Win 8 to 2; Gov. Tener Throws Out Ball" Story in The New York Times, April 15, 1914: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E03EFD91E39E6... Another Bain/LOC photo of Tener, at a baseball game:

Wystan: Thanks for the information on Gov. Tener and the connection to the other photograph. We will add some of it to the information when we update the database.

Another Bain/LOC photo of Pennsylvania Governor Tener throwing out the first ball in the first game of the season at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, N.Y., April 14, 1914:

1863-1946. A native of Ireland, Governor (1911-15) John K. Tener of Pennsylvania was deep into baseball. He had been a professional ball player for Chicago, and even while Governor he also served as President of baseball's National League. He is shown here with his wife, Harriet, whom he married in 1889. She died in 1935. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_Tener

Wystan, Thanks for the additional information on Gov. Tener and his wife, and for providing the date from the side of the negative. It turns out this is one of those cases we find where the date on the negative is not the same as the date of the event shown. This is Gov. Tener and wife Harriet at Game 2 of the 1913 World Series between the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Giants, which took place on Oct. 8, 1913, rather than Oct. 9, 1913 as noted on the negative. (Game 2 took place at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, PA while Game 3 took place the next day at the Polo Grounds in Brooklyn, NY. This photo shows Shibe Park based on the seating and other related photographs.) We'll update the description with more detail when we work on this record.

It appears to have been the case, frequently if not invariably, that Bain's crew would date the negatives on the day that prints were made to be sent to subscribers; in the case of breaking news, this often involved a one-day time lag.

On November 19, a few weeks after the photo was taken, Governor Tener accepted appointment as President of baseball's National League. The appointment was ratified by a convention of National League team owners in New York City, December 9 and 10, 1913:

Another Bain/LOC photo of Gov. Tener at the ballpark -- this time in 1914, at Ebbets Field: