1901 Struthers Baseball Team Portraits
Date1901
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Geraldine M. Rice, Guelph, Ontario, 1980
Object number1980.065.001
Label TextThis framed composite team photograph depicts the R. C. Struthers Base Ball Club, "Amateur Champions of Western Canada." The team was a part of London's Wholesale League. It was one among many other teams that London businesses and organizations sponsored. As with many other teams, the R. C. Struthers Base Ball Club played at Tecumseh Park, later Labatt Park. Although the London Tecumsehs no longer existed by the time the Struthers' team played, baseball was alive and well in the city in London. Regarding the date assigned to this image, although the donor suggested the piece is from around 1898, newspaper reports of the team's games suggest that 1901 is more accurate. In that year, the team members included in this composite photograph match the players listed in news coverage of the games.
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