Kentuckiana Digital Library > images > Barry Phila. Amer. (Jack Barry (1887-1961). Color portrait of John J. Barry with the Philadelphia Athletics. An elephant is in the top left corner. 'Athletics' is in the top right corner. Verso: John J. Barry. John J. Barry, the fast young shortstop of the Philadelphia Athletics, is a native of Meriden, Connecticut. Barry had been doing fine work in the infield of the Holy Cross College team, and in the fall of 1907 Connie Mack went to Meriden himself and secured his services. In 1908 he sat on the Athletics' bench most of the season, but once he got a chance to play at short regularly he and Collins soon made their part of the diamond invulnerable. Their fast work in 1909 and 1910 indicates a long and brilliant future for these two young players. Includes statistics for 1909-1910. Base Ball Series 400 Designs. Piedmont The Cigarette of Quality. Factory No. 25, 2d Dist. VA.)

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Barry Phila. Amer. (Jack Barry (1887-1961). Color portrait of John J. Barry with the Philadelphia Athletics. An elephant is in the top left corner. 'Athletics' is in the top right corner. Verso: John J. Barry. John J. Barry, the fast young shortstop of the Philadelphia Athletics, is a native of Meriden, Connecticut. Barry had been doing fine work in the infield of the Holy Cross College team, and in the fall of 1907 Connie Mack went to Meriden himself and secured his services. In 1908 he sat on the Athletics' bench most of the season, but once he got a chance to play at short regularly he and Collins soon made their part of the diamond invulnerable. Their fast work in 1909 and 1910 indicates a long and brilliant future for these two young players. Includes statistics for 1909-1910. Base Ball Series 400 Designs. Piedmont The Cigarette of Quality. Factory No. 25, 2d Dist. VA.) 1911 KLGART-BRECHER-ULAL-Barry Leonard Brecher Tobacco & Chewing Gum Card Collection University of Louisville Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team) Barry, John Joseph, 1887-1961 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-Barry klgsc/brecher/barry 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