Players – Page 29 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Chief Bender – Windup, 1910

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Paul Thompson captures Bender beginning his windup.

Chief Bender and “Home Run” Baker, 1910

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Bender warms up pregame. Home Run Baker is standing behind him. This is a known Paul Thompson image. This image was also used to produce the 1913 Tom Barker game card.

Chief Bender – Delivery Pose, 1910

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Bender extends his delivery at the Hilltop Park in New York. Yet another photo exhibiting the grace of Bender’s pitching form. These photos were intended to be used by newspapers. A great example of this is how this Bender image has been incorporated to a…

Chief Bender – Braves Field, 1917

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These snapshots of Bender on the mound in Boston’s Braves Field were taken in 1917 when Bender was with the Philadelphia Phillies. The photos are still mounted to the scrapbook page they were found in.

Chief Bender – Wry Smile, c. 1910

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Bender press photo. Editing marks, typical of a working press photo of the period are readily evident.

Chief Bender – Pitching Grip, 1913

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Bender shows his pitching grip. The baseball is a Spalding ball which was used only in the National League, thus this photo must be from the 1913 World Series. A Paul Thompson agency photo. Here is the November 1913 Baseball Magazine in which this very…

Chief Bender – Cocked to Throw c. 1912

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Bender awkwardly cocks his arm in this posed photo.

Chief Bender – Powerful form , 1909

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Bender demonstrates his powerful form while warming up. A particularly graceful image of Bender.

Chief Bender – Groundskeeper, 1916

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Chief Bender is seen borrowing the mower in Spring Training 1916 with the Phillies. Note the actual groundskeeper holding Bender’s glove.

Chief Bender – Warming Up, c. 1911

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Bender warms up in this working press photo.

Chief Bender – Smiling, c. 1912

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A rare image of a smiling Chief Bender.

Chief Bender – M113 Pose, c. 1912

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Chief Bender exhibits his fine pitching form in a photo by the International News Service. There are two of these photos in the Collection, the second one is a closer cropped version. This image was used to produce Bender’s M113 pose.