Will "Bill" McGill & 1906 Austin Senators...

"My name is Andrew Short. I believe my great-grandfather, Harry Short, was a teammate of Will McGill's on the 1906 Austin Senators. I wanted to send you a note to thank you for the wonderful website you have put up (oakielegacy.org) honoring among other things your grandfather, his life, and his baseball career. In trying to do some research on my family history. I found your website and with it a great deal of history about my great-grandfather as well. I was wondering if it would be okay for me to download a copy of the 1906 team photo (backside of photo with names of players) so that I might be able to add it to the documents I am collecting about our family history? There is a story in my family that, like Will, my great-grandfather at one time was called up to play with St. Louis in the Major Leagues (although for which St. Louis team I'm not sure). When he told his wife, she refused to move to St. Louis, thus ending Harry's Major league baseball career. He became a player/manager in the Texas leagues instead... in addition to other careers. I have at home some newspaper clippings and stories from various Texas newspapers in the early 1900s about Harry's baseball career. I will go back and review them to see if any of them mention Will McGill as well. If they do, I would be happy to copy them and send them along to you. In addition to playing baseball in Texas, I know that my great-grandfather and other relatives also lived for awhile in Oklahoma. Again, I simply wanted to thank you for all the hard work and effort you've put into your website. In doing so, you have allowed me to reclaim a piece of my family history. Best regards." -- Andrew H. Short View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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