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Originally Posted by RUKen
1913 Covington Blue Sox
The image of Exeter is not nearly clear enough to determine if he is a match for the newspaper images of O'Connell. Baseball-reference.com indicates that Exeter played most of his games at third base for Covington/KC, and none at shortstop. Have you found box scores that indicate that he was a shortstop?
Since this is a team photo thread, I have attached below the panoramic image from the brewery's website of the Blue Sox, with IDs beneath.
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You are correct that Exeter played third base for Covington. Covington had Derringer at short for most of the time. Exeter broke two fingers in a game in June and that was the end of him in the records anywhere. The shortstop position was the reference in the post-season game, where the name O'Connell was used. My mixup.
William O'Connell played third base the next year (1914) with Lewiston. When he was signed he was described by the local paper as a third baseman.
The panoramic image from the brewery website looks like the original from which the newspaper images were made. I wonder if a clearer view of the photo could be obtained.
The first player on the left identified as Peggy, was Joseph Reggy, full name Joseph Regensburger.