- "SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY
A HOME INDUSTRY" - rjones0856
[Karl T. Adams, Savannah, minor league (baseball)] (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
[Karl T. Adams, Savannah, minor league (baseball)]
[1913]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Original data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or
caption cards: Karl S. (Babe) Adams, Savannah?
Corrected title and date based on research by the Pictorial History
Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.18703
Call Number: LC-B2- 3422-7
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artolog (12 months ago | reply)
Adams was pitching for the Cubs in Savannah against the Yankees that spring:
query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9803E 3DE153EE033A...
He played in the majors in 1914 and 1915, but remained in the minors until 1925.
Since this is presumably a Savannah Colts uniform, the picture must date from when he played for them , 1913.
www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/adamska0 1.shtml
www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi? id=adams-001kar
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