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Originally Posted by UKBaseballfan
Note that nine players are in uniform and 10 are wearing jackets. Would the nine players in uniform potentially be the starting lineup for an early season encounter.
Bob Groom started the game of 21st April but Walter Johnson is depicted in uniform. Interestingly behind Groom the Nationals shut out the Highlanders 1-0 . The second game of what turned out to be a 2 game Series took place on a Monday 24th. Does that mean bad weather interrupted the Series over the weekend. Interestingly Johnson started the second game but the Nationals lost 5-3. Johnson in uniform raised the possibility that this could be a photo from 24th. April. The batting order on the 24th was Milan, Schaefer, Elberfeld, Cunningham, Miller, McBride, Henry, Ainsmith and Johnson. The only 2 changes from the 21st were Johnson in for Groom and Ainsmith catching in place of Street.
The player on the ground third from right appears to be wearing a catchers mitt. It is plausable that it is Ainsmith rather than Street again giving weight that it may be an image from the 24th.
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Yes; a game scheduled for Saturday the 22nd was rained out, and there was no scheduled Sunday game.
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is Ainsmith with the catcher's mitt in the bottom row. I believe Street is in a sweater, just right of Johnson. You may be right about the players without sweaters being those who started the Monday game.