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This article and various other sources claim that he briefly managed the Chicago Chi-Feds of the Federal League. However, the statistical record, as shown in Baseball Reference and other sources, indicates the team had only one manager during its two years of existence: Joe Tinker. Marshall's obituary in the December 12, 1959 Decatur, Illinois Herald says that his baseball career ended after the 1913 season when he began practicing medicine in Clinton, Illinois (a small town 20 miles north of Decatur, and 165 miles south of Chicago.) The obit makes no mention of any involvement with the Chi-Feds on or off the field. Timothy Horrigan (talk) 18:52, 25 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
A posed team picture of the 1914 Chi-Feds squad has survived, showing a man who appears to be Marshall sitting in uniform in the front row, near player-manager Joe Tinker. Tinker was one of Marshall's former teammates, and, perhaps Marshall was involved as a coach or team physician. Timothy Horrigan (talk) 17:38, 3 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
I found a few Newspaper.com hits from the winter of 1914, indicating that he was released by the Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association and then formally announced his retirement from organized baseball. This doesn't necessarily prove (or disprove) that he could have been simultaneously practicing medicine in Clinton in 1914-1915 while also doing something for the Chi-Feds. 73.234.63.173 (talk) 15:11, 19 June 2022 (UTC)Reply
The original version of Dr. Marshall's Decatur Herald obituary actually opened with several paragraphs about his baseball career. The person who copied and pasted the obit onto FindAGrave left out that part out, probably because it was inaccurate. (The obituary said he played eleven seasons in the majors, rather than just five, for example.) Timothy Horrigan (talk) 13:15, 28 June 2022 (UTC)Reply
