ATLANTIC'S BASE BALL CLUB

THE MERCHANTS' GREYS.

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The Merchants' Greys baseball team, a group picture of which is here presented, was organized in 1904 with the late Jake Conerd as manager and ever since the organization the team has held the amateur championship of Southwestern Iowa. Since its organization there have been various managers. W. C. Williams managed the team one season. Pete Schnitzen followed him and Leslie Smith and George Franklin, the latter the present manager, came next in order. All had good success with the team, last season being the best, and the prospects for the present season are good. The boys always play clean ball and treat visitors courteously They have never made much money, but play for the love of the game. The team has never asked for donations except when forced to and despite the fact that a good base ball team is a good advertisement for a town the boys have tried to put the team on a self-supporting and business basis. They need new uniforms this year and it would not be amiss if the merchants would furnish them. The above cut is of the linup for 1911 and reading from left to right the players are: [**See NOTE Below] Top row -- Harry Franklin, catcher: Chas. Grobee, utility; Sam Marshall, ss. Second row -- M. Wright, lf; Geo. Franklin, rf and manager; Howard Marshall, 2nd b. Third row -- Wright Hedges, cr; Jake White, pitcher. Bottom row--O. Dahlberg, pitcher; Frank Barnhart, 3b; Roy Preston, utility. Arthur Wright, who is not in the picture, played at first base. Among the new players trying for positions on the team this year are: George McKay, C. Morris, S. Morgan, H. Shrauger, H. Parker, F. Hoenke, H. Leopold, and C. Ostrander. The manager has received letters from the following teams, asking for games: Auburn, Nebraska, from the Mink League, Holleys, Hoctors and Broadgard, the three fastest teams of Omaha, and expects challenges from Anita, Lewis, Avoca, Exira, Audubon and all neighboring towns. The team is one worthy of the town and the boys are entitled to liberal patronage. **NOTE: The book transcribed has a small hand-drawn arrow above the words "left to right", pointing toward the word "left". It's possible that the arrow was a last minute editor/publisher correction and indicates that the order of the names is reversed, although we have no way to confirm either way at the present time. Click here to view notation

From: Industrial Edition, published by Atlantic News Telegraph, Atlantic, Iowa, 1913, pg. 45. Photo is signed "Egbert Studio". Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, February, 2015.

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