I though I'd end the week with another short biography on a former Dodger who is certainly unknown to you. Featured above is an 1887 Old Judge tobacco card of an former Grays/Dodgers hurler named Stephen "Steve" John Toole. It was recently for sale at Bagger's Auctions, and closed at $220.00.
Born in New Orleans but reared in Pittsburgh, Steve Toole did as most lads were wont to do. He played games with the neighborhood kids and worked a job folding newspapers in order to contribute to the family coffers. Always the civic minded chap, he longed to cast his first vote and get involved in the community.