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Originally Posted by RUKen
I disagree with Aquarian Sports Cards that the sliding player is looking back at the camera. When the image is enlarged (see below), it appears that he is facing the direction that he is going, and his right hand is covering his right ear, as if he had just been tagged hard right there. What appears to be the bill of his cap is just his hair on the back of his head. There would be a team logo above the bill, if the player were looking back.
I also disagree with Mark17 that the sliding player must be Cobb. Nearly all men at that time had short haircuts, which would have looked the same from the back. I think that MLB teams received their uniforms from the same source, so the belt loop distribution would be similar on every uniform. As for the size and shape of his back, an athletic build was hardly unique to Cobb. It could be Cobb, but without seeing his face clearly, he cannot be identified with any confidence.
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I like your blown up image, in fact I think it shows that you are correct he is facing away from the camera, but it also shows that his cap is on forward! You can see, on his left side, the edge of the bill of the cap just past what I'm guessing is the top of his left ear. What originally looked like the bill is just his hair in the back.