Sports photography was in its infancy when Louis Van Oeyen accepted the job of staff photographer for the Cleveland Press. Concentrating on baseball, Van Oeyen took some of the most memorable shots that are still striking today. He set up shop in the early 1900’s at League Park where he photographed baseball’s greats, including Lajoie, Young, Cobb, Ruth, Mathewson, and later such stars as Feller, Gehrig, Foxx, Greenberg and Averill. Van Oeyen was on of the first to attempt action shots, capturing a base runner sliding or an infielder making a play.