Basketball Photographs, 1903-1955, vol. 1, 1909
Scope and Contents
Photo 1 : Basketball, 1909.
Team Picture - In studio.
The Spies.
Studio portrait of six young men in front of a painted background. They wear cardigans, padded knee pants, dark stockings rolled down to their ankles, and ankle-high shoes or boots. Two of the cardigans have interlocking letters SJ inside a letter U; one has a large letter J. The young man in front center holds a basketball labeled: "Inter-Hall / Champs."
The dark-haired young man seated at front right is George Michel, later Fr. Virgil, O.S.B. Other members of the team were John Weckwerth (later Fr. Urban, O.S.B.), Nicholas J. Kopveiler '10, Gustave Dierkes '12 (team captain), Charles Kapsner (Celestine, O.S.B.), and Eugene J. Lemire.
The Spies were the champions of the intramural basketball Major League.
Same as Matted Photograph Collection, Box 12, number 05, and same photo as Basketball, 1906-1921, PC03.0782, 097/1 (Box 01:03) number 744.
Dates
- 1909
Biographical / Historical
Photograph collection of the athletics at Saint John's University.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
102/1: 1-038
Physical Facet
Photograph, Black-and-White
Print, Photographic
Repository Details
Part of the Saint John's University Archives and Special Collections Repository
P O Box 2500
Alcuin Library
Collegeville Minnesota 56321 United States
epohlman@csbsju.edu (for SJU Archives and Special Collections) or ecavanaug002@csbsju.edu (for The Saint John's Bible)