Chief Bender is seen borrowing the mower in Spring Training 1916 with the Phillies. Note the actual groundskeeper holding Bender’s glove.
Brown is shown here in his Chicago Federal League uniform in 1915. Brown was one of the handful of stars that joined the breakaway league. Likely a later print from the Chicago Daily News archives.
Eddie Plank in 1914 by Brown Brothers at Spring Training.
Bender and fellow Native American, Chief Meyers, meet prior to the start of the 1911 World Series. Photograph is by George Grantham Bain. This was a famous scene of the two Native Americans shaking hands before the start of the game. There is a second…