{"id":271,"date":"2010-10-26T06:15:59","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T11:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.historicjoplin.org\/?p=271"},"modified":"2010-10-26T06:15:59","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T11:15:59","slug":"joplin-miners-1902-1904-team-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.historicjoplin.org\/?p=271","title":{"rendered":"Joplin Miners, 1902 &#8211; 1904 Team Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For today&#8217;s post, we thought we&#8217;d toss in something new with a couple things previously seen just for the fun of having a comparison.\u00a0 That comparison is the Joplin Miners, from 1902 to 1904, in team photographs.\u00a0 In chronological order, three years worth of the Joplin Miners baseball team.<\/p>\n<p>A March 21, 1902 article, accompanied by a not very flattering sketch of pitcher Arthur Ragan, reported of some of the men pictured below:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The local management received contracts yesterday from Andrew Brophy, one of last year&#8217;s most popular players and who will again be behind the bat for Joplin, from C.W. Wickizer, a heavy hitter with Nevada last year, and who is considered one of the best utility men in the southwest, from Arthur Ragan of Cherokee, Kas., a pitcher whose work will interest the fans for, while his engagement with Joplin will be his first professional ball, competent judges who have seen the young man work, declare that he is a comer. &#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24317830@N04\/4507475193\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The Joplin Miners\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2388\/4507475193_ae838ded44.jpg\" alt=\"The Joplin Miners\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Joplin Miners of 1902<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Top Row \u2014 Wright Wickizer, catcher; an unnamed pitcher; Bert Dunn,  pitcher; Claud Marcum, manager; Arthur \u201cRip\u201d Reagan, pitcher; Peck  Harrington, catcher and outfielder; and Lefty Greer, pitcher.\u00a0 Middle  Row \u2014 Earl Taylor, pitcher, Don Stewart, secretary of the club; Arthur  \u201cArt\u201d Cox, treasurer of the club; and William \u201cDolly\u201d Gray, first  baseman.\u00a0 Bottom Row \u2014 Bert \u201cMonk\u201d Senter, shortstop; Jimmie Underwood,  outfielder; Fred Tullar, third base; and Dick Bayless, outfielder.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24317830@N04\/5112144545\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1903 Joplin Miners\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1091\/5112144545_ccb5debb27.jpg\" alt=\"1903 Joplin Miners\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 1903 Joplin Miners<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The 1903 Miners: 1. Morton; 2. Lowell; 3. Adam; 4. Stoner; 5. Wickheiser; 6. Woliver; 7. McCullough; 8. Evans; 9. Allen, Captain; 10. Weldy; 11. Jones; 12. Fillman; 13. Driscoll; 14. Herrington; 15. Roedell.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24317830@N04\/4918500768\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1904 Joplin Miners\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4095\/4918500768_c309b1f88e.jpg\" alt=\"1904 Joplin Miners\" width=\"500\" height=\"423\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">1904 Joplin Miners<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Sources: Historic Joplin Collection, Joplin Daily Globe<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For today&#8217;s post, we thought we&#8217;d toss in something new with a couple things previously seen just for the fun of having a comparison.\u00a0 That comparison is the Joplin Miners, from 1902 to 1904, in team photographs.\u00a0 In chronological order, three years worth of the Joplin Miners baseball team. 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