tiptops

Played for the Tip Tops, then for the New York Giants for the next 5 seasons. Nickname: "Ty Cobb of the Federal League", stole 55 bases in 1915. www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=kauffbe01

Artolog: thanks for the additional information. We may update the record.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Park_(baseball)

More Bain/LOC photos of Washington Park, March 12, 1914:

From Wikipedia: The Brooklyn Tip-Tops were a team in the short-lived Federal League of professional baseball from 1914 to 1915. The team was named by owner Robert Ward, who owned the Tip Top Bakery. They were sometimes called the Brooklyn Feds due to being the Brooklyn team of the Federal League. The Tip Tops played in old Washington Park, which the Brooklyn Dodgers had abandoned after the 1912 season to move to Ebbets Field. From Baseball Encyclopedia.com: "With Harry Sinclair, Ward was one of the main backers of the Federal League. As owner of the Brooklyn franchise, he poured more than a million dollars into the cause. He offered to share any team profits with his players, but there was never anything to share. A month after Ward died, the league also succumbed. (NLM) "

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Tip-Tops

Wystan, Thanks for the additional contextual information for Mr. Ward. We will expand the description when we update.