Sir Lurksalot photopack (Negro League players)

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Originally Posted by Jabez54

Obviously, by a racist fellow ... but yeah, that was the time period before the Civil Rights ...

The image appears so offensive from today's eyes that it's easy to think that the artist was racist. But there is another factor to be considered. The Freeman, the newspaper in which the image originally appeared, was a black newspaper in Indianapolis. I would think that the newspaper would not want to go out of its way to offend its audience. We don't know the ethnicity of the artist. We don't have any information about why the caricature was drawn the way it was. The total drawing was called "Scenes from Northwestern Park." The artist was Harry Jackson, who was also a sportswriter. The drawing also contained a rather outlandish sketch of Babe Herron catching a ball.

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Wayne Carr, P, is shown in the uniform of the Indianapolis ABCs. This is an improved photo for Wayne.

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Harold Ross, P, is shown in the uniform of the Indianapolis ABCs.

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Inocencio Perez was a pitcher with the All Cubans in 1905 and 1906, the Cuban X Giants in 1906, and the Cuban Stars in 1907. He is shown here in an unidentified uniform. He is listed in the Negro Baseball Register, by Clark and Lester, as Unknown-First-Name Perez.

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Tomas Perez was an outfielder and catcher on the 1915 Havana Reds, a Negro Leagues team. He is shown here in an unidentified uniform.

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Miguel Prats was an outfielder and pitcher for the 1899 All Cubans, 1906 Cuban Stars of Havana, and 1907 Cuban Stars. He is shown here in an unidentfied uniform.

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Moises Quintero was a catcher with the 1899 All Cubans team. He is shown here in an unidentified uniform.

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Sam Ransom, C, is shown in what I think is the uniform of the Cuban Giants. He was with the Cuban Giants in 1909.

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Ambrose Reed, OF/2B/1B/3B, is shown in the uniform of the Detroit Stars. This is a better photo of Ambrose than the one previously posted on this thread. Seamheads.com spells this player's surname as Reid.

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Jose "El Hombre Goma" Rodriguez was a first baseman with the 1915 Havana Reds, a Negro League team. He is shown here in a major league uniform, that of the New York Giants.

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Carlos "Bebe" Royer was a pitcher and first baseman with the 1906 and 1908 Cuban Stars of Havana. He is shown here in the uniform of the Almendares, Cuba, team.

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Jesse "Babe" Schaeffer was a outfielder, second baseman, and catcher for the 1906 Chicago Union Giants, the 1908 and 1909 Minneapolis Keystones, and the 1910 Leland Giants and Chicago Giants. He is shown here in an unidentified uniform.

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Ernest "Joe" Scott was a first baseman with the Homestead Grays and Columbus Blue Birds in 1933, the Chicago American Giants in 1934, and the Philadelphia Stars in 1936. He is shown here in an unidentified uniform. This Joe Scott is different from the first baseman Joe Scott who played with the Birmingham Black Barons from 1947 to 1949, and of course he's not outfielder Joseph Burt Scott either.

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Gus Steno was an outfielder with the 1917 Kansas City All Nations team. He is shown here in an unidentified uniform. This player is also known as Steno Gatto.

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Tom Stirman was an outfielder with the 1909 Kansas City Giants and with the 1910 and 1912 Kansas City Royal Giants. He is shown here in an unidentified uniform.

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"Jules" Thomas was an outfielder and pitcher in the Negro Leagues during the lengthy span of 1908-1926. He spent most of that time on two teams -- the Brooklyn Royal Giants and the New York Lincoln Giants. He is shown here in an unidentified uniform, but I think it's a better facial view of him than the photo previously posted on this thread. Jules' formal first name is given as Jack in the Negro Baseball Register by Clark and Lester, but as Julian by Seamheads.com.

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Juan Viola was an outfielder with the Long Branch Cubans in 1915. He is shown here in the uniform of the Almendares, Cuba, team.

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Alexander B. "Jock" Waters was the manager of the Brooklyn Royal Giants in 1926.

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Adolphus "Dolph" White was a pitcher and outfielder for the 1912 Paterson Smart Set team, the 1913 Mohawk Giants, and the 1914 New York Colored Giants. He is shown here in an unidentified uniform.

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Frank Young played second base, first base, and outfield for the 1907 Indianapolis ABCs, 1908 Chicago Union Giants, and 1910 Minneapolis Keystones. He is shown here in an unidentified uniform.