1942 Sporting News Braves 8 x 10 Spahny?

[Leon]

Do you guys think the taller guy in the middle row, with the big nose, might be Warren Spahn? He was on the team for a few games that season but this guy looks older than 21 yrs old, which is how old Warren would have been. I don't think he is on the photo and someone else thinks he is. I am not that great at facial recognition some(most)times. I don't own this photo, btw..

[bobw]

Looks like Ernie Lombardi

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bobw

Looks like Ernie Lombardi

It does and Lombardi makes more sense since he was tall at 6'3". Thanks!

[bigfanNY]

Yes definitely Ernie

[Scott Garner]

Definitely the Schnozz

[Chris Counts]

No Spahn, but lots of interesting players here. Besides Lombardi, I see Paul Waner, Casey Stengel, George "Highpockets" Kelly, Max West, Tommy Holmes, Tony Cuccinello and Johnny Sain.

[Tom Hufford]

And the guy in civilian clothes, standing at the left end of the center row, is longtime Red Sox outfielder Duffy Lewis, of the famed Tris Speaker-Harry Hooper-Duffy Lewis outfield. He was a coach with the Boston Braves 1931-35, and was the Braves' travelling secretary 1936-1961. He may have been the only person who witnessed both Babe Ruth's first and last major league home runs (as his Red Sox teammate in 1915, and as a Braves coach in 1935).