I'm curious if anyone can help me identify a player in the background of this photo. For context, this is a Spring Training photo of Hippo Vaughn, immediately after the Federal League Chicago Whales team was cancelled and folded into the Chicago Cubs team, under the new leadership of Charles Weeghman (as part of the settlement for shutting down the Federal League). Weeghman would move the Cubs to his own stadium, Weeghman Park (later known as Wrigley Field). However, during Spring Training in April 1916, Weeghman still had his combined roster wearing the old Whales team jerseys.
That being said, here's a picture of Hippo Vaughn. It confused me for a bit to see him in a Whales uniform, as he was a solid Cubs player between 1913 and 1921. But the uniform makes sense now in this context:
So, my question is who is the guy in the background to the left? I dug up a team photo from this Spring Training outing, from the May 1916 issue of Baseball Magazine, which gives the full team lineup, providing a short list of possibilities:
Any thoughts as to who this partial-profile matches?
