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prewinter · 05-25-2023, 02:10 AM

In 1895, Fort Worth had a club in the Texas-Southern League. This photo is included in a post about the history of the Fort Worth Cats by the Fort Worth Historical Society (https://www.fwhistorical.com/fortworthhistorycats). I take no credit for the colorized version presented here. It is not clear when during the season the photo was taken.

Baseball-Reference includes 31 players on the club roster, some of whom were with the club for only a handful of games. I think the photo was likely taken right before the season started, based on the number of players in the photo and the ebb and flow of players during the season.

There are five players who were with the club all season:
Charles Elsey, Josh Reilly, Louis (Sport) McAllister, Matt Stanley and Monte McFarland.
Thomas Flannagan was also with the club for most of the season before he broke his hand in August.

At the start of the season, the rest of the roster was
Henry Flanagan (brother of Thomas), B.H. (Pop) Matthews, William (Kid) Nance, Harry Mace, Thomas Hoffman and Jack Mackey*. That is twelve players.

Mackey and Elsey started the season hurt, so C.C. Lucas played in the first seven games until Elsey was back. Lonnie Sherbocker played in his first game with the club on April 29, about a week after the season started, and Mackey returned on April 30. Nance and Mace were released at the end of April. Sherbocker's last game was May 9. As best I can tell from the box scores, the next new player (Johnny Fernandez) turned up on May 13.

The manager of the club at the start of the season was Tom P. Richards. He sold the club to William H. Ward, later an Alderman in Fort Worth, in early June. Josh Reilly was the captain at the start of the season (as best I can tell).

*Baseball-Reference identifies Mackey as Edwin Alcott Mackey. There were a lot of Mackeys in the league that year, including an Ed Mackey as a player and an umpire. The newspapers from the early part of the season make it clear the player with Fort Worth was Jack H. Mackey, from Brooklyn. He later also umpired some games. This was most likely John H. Mackey (mackey002joh and also mackey001jac). A brief bio was in the Green Bay Weekly Gazette on May 27, 1891, giving his career to that point. It gave his as age 25, and he was 160 lbs, and 5 feet 7 1/2 inches.

Photos of players to follow (at least the ones I have).

05-25-2023, 02:10 AM	#185
prewinter Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2021 Posts: 309	1895 Fort Worth In 1895, Fort Worth had a club in the Texas-Southern League. This photo is included in a post about the history of the Fort Worth Cats by the Fort Worth Historical Society (https://www.fwhistorical.com/fortworthhistorycats). I take no credit for the colorized version presented here. It is not clear when during the season the photo was taken. Baseball-Reference includes 31 players on the club roster, some of whom were with the club for only a handful of games. I think the photo was likely taken right before the season started, based on the number of players in the photo and the ebb and flow of players during the season. There are five players who were with the club all season: Charles Elsey, Josh Reilly, Louis (Sport) McAllister, Matt Stanley and Monte McFarland. Thomas Flannagan was also with the club for most of the season before he broke his hand in August. At the start of the season, the rest of the roster was Henry Flanagan (brother of Thomas), B.H. (Pop) Matthews, William (Kid) Nance, Harry Mace, Thomas Hoffman and Jack Mackey. That is twelve players. Mackey and Elsey started the season hurt, so C.C. Lucas played in the first seven games until Elsey was back. Lonnie Sherbocker played in his first game with the club on April 29, about a week after the season started, and Mackey returned on April 30. Nance and Mace were released at the end of April. Sherbocker's last game was May 9. As best I can tell from the box scores, the next new player (Johnny Fernandez) turned up on May 13. The manager of the club at the start of the season was Tom P. Richards. He sold the club to William H. Ward, later an Alderman in Fort Worth, in early June. Josh Reilly was the captain at the start of the season (as best I can tell). Baseball-Reference identifies Mackey as Edwin Alcott Mackey. There were a lot of Mackeys in the league that year, including an Ed Mackey as a player and an umpire. The newspapers from the early part of the season make it clear the player with Fort Worth was Jack H. Mackey, from Brooklyn. He later also umpired some games. This was most likely John H. Mackey (mackey002joh and also mackey001jac). A brief bio was in the Green Bay Weekly Gazette on May 27, 1891, giving his career to that point. It gave his as age 25, and he was 160 lbs, and 5 feet 7 1/2 inches. Photos of players to follow (at least the ones I have). Attached Images Last edited by prewinter; 05-25-2023 at 02:12 AM.