Kentuckiana Digital Library > images > Baker Phila. Amer. (Color portrait of Frank Baker (John Franklin Baker) framed by two baseball bats. An elephant is in the top left corner. 'Athletics' is in the top right corner. Baker earned the nickname Home Run Baker in the 1911 World Series with the Philadelphia Athletics. Verso: Frank Baker. Frank Baker, the tall and hard-hitting third baseman of the champion Athletics, is a native of Maryland. After playing with semi-professional teams he had a short trial with the Baltimores, and in 1907 and in 1908 covered third for the Reading Club of the Tri-state League. His work with the latter was so brilliant that Connie Mack got his services. With the Athletics he has not fallen down in batting, like so many young players when they get into the major leagues. Includes statistics for 1908-1910. Base Ball Series 400 Designs. Piedmont The Cigarette of Quality. Factory No. 25, 2d Dist. VA.)

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Baker Phila. Amer. (Color portrait of Frank Baker (John Franklin Baker) framed by two baseball bats. An elephant is in the top left corner. 'Athletics' is in the top right corner. Baker earned the nickname Home Run Baker in the 1911 World Series with the Philadelphia Athletics. Verso: Frank Baker. Frank Baker, the tall and hard-hitting third baseman of the champion Athletics, is a native of Maryland. After playing with semi-professional teams he had a short trial with the Baltimores, and in 1907 and in 1908 covered third for the Reading Club of the Tri-state League. His work with the latter was so brilliant that Connie Mack got his services. With the Athletics he has not fallen down in batting, like so many young players when they get into the major leagues. Includes statistics for 1908-1910. Base Ball Series 400 Designs. Piedmont The Cigarette of Quality. Factory No. 25, 2d Dist. VA.) 1911 KLGART-BRECHER-ULAL-Baker Leonard Brecher Tobacco & Chewing Gum Card Collection University of Louisville Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team) Baker, John Franklin, 1886-1963 Trade cards; Cigarette cards American Tobacco Company (publisher) http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=kyead;idno=ul_brecher http://name.kdl.kyvl.org/KLGART-BRECHER-ULAL-Baker klgsc/brecher/baker This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Physical rights are retained by the owning repository. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws. Please go to http://kdl.kyvl.org for more information. image/jpg ENG - English image Leonard Brecher Tobacco & Chewing Gum Card Collection: UL_BRECHER: Base ball series 400 designs, Piedmont: approximately 1.5 x 2.625 in. color photomechanical print. Leonard Brecher Tobacco and Chewing Gum Card Collection, University of Louisville Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library.: digitized 9-29-2010 UL