Eagle baseball team, in uniform, seated on bleachers, 1916. This team played the Denver Bears in 1914, losing in the last inning 5-7. Until then, the Eagles had the game tied 5-5.
Front row: Eddie Place, catcher; Bill Nimon [died of influenza 1918].
2d row: Left to Right: Leo Carey [rancher]; unidentified from Minturn; Roy Dodson [big league ball player, store owner]; Frank Stapp.
Back row: Left to Right: Lloyd Carey [rancher]; Omar Howland [rancher]; Roy Langford; Charley Hemberger (Heimie) [state legislator, rancher, mining engineer].
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]