
A’s players at batting practice during Spring Training circa 1911. Note the caps and ball on the dirt near the players and the fact the negative appears to be reversed given the backward “A’s logo on Strunk’s jersey. The A’s players in the central grouping…

Top Row: John Knight, Eddie Plank (HOF), Jack Coombs, Socks Seybold, Rube Waddell (HOF), Chief Bender (HOF), Simon Nicholls, Harry Davis, Ossee Schrecongost and Rube Vickers. Bottom Row: Bris Lord, Danny Murphy, Monte Cross, Jimmy Collins (HOF), Connie Mack (HOF), Topsy Hartsel, Rube Oldring, Doc…

A well known image of the Champion 1911 Philadelphia Athletics taken by William Jennings. This image was used for the Stetson Hats postcard of the A’s amongst others.

Danny Murphy eating a sandwich and “Home Run” Baker smoking a pipe and reading a book during a break in Spring Training in 1910. Photo by Joseph N. Pearce.