5 – Waxahachie ML Spring Training – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Bob Jones, 1918 in Waxahachie, Texas

5 - Waxahachie ML Spring Training, Agencies, Newspaper Enterprise Association

Detroit Tiger Bob Jones in 1918 in Waxahachie, Texas for Spring Training.

George Cunningham, 1918 in Waxahachie, Texas

5 - Waxahachie ML Spring Training, Agencies, Newspaper Enterprise Association

Detroit Tiger George Cunningham in 1918 in Waxahachie, Texas

Eric Erickson, 1918 in Waxahachie, Texas

5 - Waxahachie ML Spring Training, Agencies, Newspaper Enterprise Association

Detroit Tigers pitcher Eric Erickson in 1918 in Waxahachie, Texas for Spring Training.

Hughie Jennings, 1918 in Waxahachie, Texas

1- Photographs, 5 - Waxahachie ML Spring Training, Agencies, Collections, Hall of Famers, Hughie Jennings, Newspaper Enterprise Association

Detroit Tigers Manager and HOFer Hughie Jennings in Waxahachie, Texas for Spring Training in 1918.

Red Faber, 1921 in Waxahachie, Texas

1- Photographs, 5 - Waxahachie ML Spring Training, Agencies, Hall of Famers, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Red Faber

Red Faber when the Chicago White Sox trained in Waxahachie, Texas in 1921. The stadium backdrop is Jungle Park.

Kid Gleason, 1921 Spring Training

5 - Waxahachie ML Spring Training, Agencies, Newspaper Enterprise Association

Kid Gleason, manager of the Chicago White Sox, in 1921 in Waxahachie, Texas for Spring Training. Photograph by N.E.A.

Oscie Vitt, by NEA 1918 in Waxahachie

5 - Waxahachie ML Spring Training, Newspaper Enterprise Association

Detroit Tiger Oscie Vitt in Spring Training in Waxahachie, Texas in 1918. This photo was likely taken by Bob Dorman of NEA.

Earl Brooks in Waxahachie, Texas 1918

5 - Waxahachie ML Spring Training, Newspaper Enterprise Association

Earl Brooks was a pitching prospect for the Detroit Tigers at Spring Training in Waxahachie, Texas in 1918. Photo by N.E.A.

Doty Blades in Waxahachie, Texas 1918

5 - Waxahachie ML Spring Training, Newspaper Enterprise Association

Doty Blades was a Detroit hopeful as a pitcher in Spring Training in Waxahachie, Texas in 1918. Photo by N.E.A. The second image is just a tick in time away.

Bobby Veach in Waxahachie, Texas 1918

5 - Waxahachie ML Spring Training, Bobby Veach, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era

These three images of Veach were captured in April 1918 at Jungle Park in Waxahachie, Texas during Spring Training.

Ty Cobb at Jungle Park 1917

1- Photographs, 5 - Waxahachie ML Spring Training, Hall of Famers, Ty Cobb

This image was taken at Jungle Park in Waxahachie, Texas during Spring Training on the same day in March 1917 as the Cobb group photo also in the Collection. The key is the jersey just above the belt line and the cap. Cobb’s torso is…

Ty Cobb and Detroit Tiger HOFers in Waxahachie, 1917

1- Photographs, 5 - Waxahachie ML Spring Training, Collections, Hall of Famers, Harry Heilmann, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Sam Crawford, Ty Cobb

This photo depicts from left to right: Harry Heilmann (HOF), George Burns (1926 AL MVP), Ty Cobb (HOF), Bobby Veach and Sam Crawford (HOF) posing in the infield of Jungle Park in Waxahachie, Texas. This photo was likely taken the same day as the individual…