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1946 Collinsville Indians Championship Image

Citation

“1946 Collinsville Indians Championship Image,” Madison Historical, accessed October 8, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2097.

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Description

This is a mounted copy of the 1946 Collinsville Indians Baseball Team, in uniforms with a player list at the bottom of the board. The team was sponsored by John Simond's Tap Room at 217 West Main St. in Collinsville, Illinois. Labeled on Front "Collinsville Indians Champions 1946 Southwestern Illinois Inter-City Baseball League" From Left to Right Front Row: Wilbur 'Will' Richter (1B), Alfred 'Fritz' Schiller (2B), CLyde Docter (C & 3B), Ernie Docter (CF), John Crooks (RF), Elvin 'Flip' Mersinger (P), Moses Harrison (Bat Boy), Back Row: Walter Kuhlman (LF), Ed Smith (2B), Joe Ossola (C), Melvin 'Butts' Richter (P), Louis Molinar (P), Rene 'Red' Lochman (SS), Tom Savage (OF). Size: 10" x 8"

Subjects

  • community
  • Inter-City Baseball League
  • Collinsville
  • baseball
  • sports

Contributor

  • Frailey, Margaret

Date

1946

Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • jpg

Location

Collinsville, Illinois

Identifier

  • CHM-P-0164
  • Upper Level Photo Filing Cabinet Drawer 5
  • 2018.005.001b
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