Rogers Hornsby - 1914/1915 Denison Team Photo

[bmarlowe1]

Uniform style is not an issue here, the problem is the face.

>>> Regarding the small difference in angle of the ears, the head being shown at a slightly different angle in each picture can account for that.

The difference is not small, and the head angles are close to identical. I have 3 other Hornsby photos at similar but slightly different angles, and the ear angle measures virtually the same in all of them. Only the Denison player is so different. I will post tonight if you like.

>>> Regarding the chin.....Hornsby would have been significantly heavier than as an 18 year-old kid and as everyone knows...thus making the crease in his chin appear to be a little higher.

First - the more prominent chin is evident in the 1915 Hornsby Denison team photo I posted. Also - what's nice about that crease is that the kind of weight gain we see for Hornsby does not cause it to move. The images are all vertically registered - the key is the distance of the crease from the lower lip. Please show me photos of any player where the crease has moved like that.

Note also that the location of the bottom red line would be little affected by weight - it is an estimate of the location of the bottom of the jaw bone - something I've learned how to so.

>>> What is the likelihood that a player so incredibly closely resembling Hornsby...

I don't think he looks that much like Hornsby, and that level of similarity is common. We see it all the time on this board. He bears little resemblance to Hornsby in the 1915 Denison team photo.

BTW - a 600 dpi TIFF scan of the ear will probably tell us with virtual certainty if he is or isn't Hornsby.