Bender is shown here trapshooting with Christy Mathewson. The two of them went on tour in the off season with Harry Davis and Otis Crandell. Bender was a superb trapshooter.
Charles Conlon image of Bill Dahlen circa 1904. This was Conlon’s first year as a baseball photographer. Dahlen is still considered a candidate for the Hall of Fame.
Sam Crawford comes in on a fly ball. This photo is by noted baseball photographer Charles Conlon.
A.J. Shumann double panel postcard depicting the New York Giants playing the Chicago Cubs on August 29, 1908 in Chicago’s West Side Grounds. This was a critical game between the league leaders and featured a Hall of Fame duel as the Cubs’ Mordecai “Three Finger”…