The Avoca baseball team in the early 1900's. Pictured in the back row, Otto Rakness, Jim Crowely, Jim Fitzpatrick, John Farrell, Joe Crowley and Adolph Peterson. Front row, George Rakness, Louis Westby, Axel Frisk, Dave Johnston and Ted Mahoney.
The Lake Wilson "Cottonsox" baseball team in 1909. Pictured standing: Aderholdt, Sprague, Vincent, Bondhus, Rathman and Deden. Picture sitting: Bagley, Bondhus and Lang.