Saturday, January 23, 2016

Gus Munch in Chicago, 1907 - Picture Series Part II

Gus Munch, center, pitched for amateur clubs in St. Paul and had a brief stint with the St. Paul Saints before he became a member of the 1897 Fargo Divorcees. Munch went on to pitch several years for amateur teams in the Chicago area throughout the first decade of the 20th Century. 



SDN-052551, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum.



Munch pitched primarily for the Chicago West Ends amateur team in the early 1900s. In this 1906 photo, Munch is pictured below wearing a dark shirt, along with teammates with the West Ends emblem on their shirts. He is the fourth man from the left. 


SDN-051940, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum.

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