.This appears to be Walter Johnson warming up before an exhibition contest while wearing a Washington sweater which would date this to post-1907. First baseball footage dates to 1898:https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=tHT-BZmTKjk …
There's a story here about Johnson training there in 1911, & there being enough players to organize an ad hoc all-star game http://www.hotspringsbaseballtrail.com/untold-stories/hot-springs-where-pitchers-became-legends/ …
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This site is all about Hot Srings civic boosterism, and yet the story of Johnson being there in February 199 might be true. The Senators spring training camp that year was in 1911but they might not have opened camp until March.
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Yeah, I don't have the book handy but I believe offhand that it is drawing the story from Henry Thomas' bio, which was pretty solid. But of course, I defer to your expertise on this.
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