Pewter trophy championship mug with the class of ’99
baseball team photograph taken in 1898, developed on the glass bottom, awarded
to F.D. Cochrane for his part in the Harvard class of ’99 winning the “Base Ball
Championship, 1898”. The class team won 3 games and lost none to
win the championship, Cochrane being the team’s pitcher. Cochrane appears in the photo at the top left, holding the baseball. Cochrane had also been
a member of his class Football Team his freshman year. The trophy is in
outstanding condition, the photo-glass bottom being clear and fully intact.
These trophies are quite rare. Trophy mug is 9” in height. One of only two
other examples I know of is pictured in “Antique
Sports Uniforms & Equipment” by Hauser, Turner and Gennantonio, page
13, also a Harvard class of ’99 championship trophy mug.
Francis Cochrane was better known to us as a member of the varsity
Football Eleven, playing in 1897 and 1898, at left end and also performing many
of the kicking duties. Records show that he was a substitute quarterback in
1896 and 1897, which we were unaware of. In 1898 Cochrane was a Camp Second-Team
All-American as well as an Outing First-Team All-American.
Interestingly, Cochrane had gone out for a position on the
Varsity Nine, as catcher, but apparently did not get the nod.
Former football players often went back to assist the present
day coaches. In 1901 and 1902 there are numerous records of Cochrane doing
just that, frequently helping coach the University
and Second Elevens. He was one of a number of past players assuming these
duties and did so alongside recognizable names including J. Dunlop
(Anonymous), P.D. Haughton, B.G. Waters, E.N. Wrightington B.H. Dibble and W.H.
Lewis.
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