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Originally Posted by Chickazoola
I had known this image existed for years, since John F. Schultz is a missing player and I had a note from another researcher that his image appeared in the March 30, 1891 Philadelphia Press.
As it turns out, the date was off by a week, and I had SABR friend in Philly grab this scan for me today. Image and bio actually appeared in April 5, 1891 Philadelphia Press.
John F. Schultz was a short tenured pitcher with the Phillies in 1891. He was considered a phenom, but last only a few weeks, and his last appearance was punctuated by catcher Jack Clements refusing to give him any help or direction at all.
Schultz went to Meadville and was released after a couple weeks for dissipation, thus ending his career at age 21.
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Nice find! The New York Public library had this unknown Phillies player in their Spalding Collection. The paper seemed to catch him (albeit reversed) in his Phillies garb. I wonder if this is Schultz?