1911-1915 Images – Page 13 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Chief Bender at the World Series, 1911

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Chief Bender just before game 5 of the 1911 World Series at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Bender won the game and the A’s went on to defeat the New York Giants in the series to claim the World Championship. Graig Kreindler, the noted artist, used…

Philadelphia Athletics at the 1911 World Series

1911-1915 Images, Agencies, Chief Bender, Collections, Frank "Home Run" Baker, George Grantham Bain's News Service, Hall of Famers, Philadelphia Athletics, Photographs, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Players, Teams, World Series

Bain captures the Philadelphia Athletics coming on the field at the Polo Grounds in New York for the first game of the World Series in which they would ultimately prevail and repeat as World Champions. The elephant sweaters are one of the iconic uniform pieces…