The mystery continues: Holman

As mentioned in the previous post, I've been meaning to try and identify the many former Beavers who are currently listed on various sites by just their last name. Seeing as how this is the second post in a row on this topic, I think it's safe to say that I've finally found the energy to get this item crossed off the to-do list. Not to toot my own horn, but I was able to successfully "identify" the player in Sunday's post. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same about today's.

Holman isn't the most common of last names, so if there was any information out there, it didn't seem like it would be very hard to find -- problem is, at this time, there's only two mentions of this Holman, and both are from recaps of a two-game series.

The 1914 season was one of the better seasons in Beavers franchise history (113-84). They had already locked up the pennant with a couple of games left to go in the season, and a such, were still competing, but were not going out of their way to risk injury to any key players. The final day of the season saw the team down in San Francisco for a double-header against the Seals. There was some effort on the part of the Beavers to compete during the first game, but they ran into a buzzsaw in Skeeter Fanning, and were ultimately shutout 7-0. The second game however, was more of a "let's just get this over" kind of affair, which was reflected in the final score, 13-1.

Despite already having the season in hand, and clearly not caring too much about these last two games, it's a bit surprising to see that so many of the regulars still played in both of these games. The only exceptions were  Ed "Soldier" Barnes being handed the rock for game 2, and the mysterious Holman getting one at bat in each game.

The Oregon Daily Journal 10/26/14

This recap provides the only additional information that I could find on Holman, and it isn't much to go on. Apparently he was from Eugene, and played in Tillamook. Given that he was referred to as a "busher", I'm assuming that his time in Tillamook was spent playing for the cheese factory's amateur team. I couldn't find any team info for 1914 or 1913. There's a notice about a team being fielded in 1912, but he isn't listed amongst it's members.

Aside from telling us that he spent at least one inning in right field during the first game, and at least one inning in left during the second game, the box scores yield no additional information.

The San Francisco Chronicle 10/26/14

The Chronicle didn't provide any assistance either, other than to remind everyone that the beat writers in bigger leagues really didn't think too highly of the "bushers" back in those days.

Hopefully some more info will come to light one of these days, but until then, the mystery of Mr. Holman's first name will continue to be just that, a mystery.