Help identifying this player

Jaybird · #1 02-22-2013, 11:53 PM

Welcome to the site, Smokey.

I'm not sure how much you've searched for these kinds of images. 9 times out of 10, these generic studio photos are very hard to track down any information on. If there is nothing written on the back and no studio mount, there's even less to go on. I'm guessing a town team player walked into a photo studio in town and had his photo taken. It was a common practice of the period.

5smokey · #2 02-23-2013, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaybird

Welcome to the site, Smokey.

I'm not sure how much you've searched for these kinds of images. 9 times out of 10, these generic studio photos are very hard to track down any information on. If there is nothing written on the back and no studio mount, there's even less to go on. I'm guessing a town team player walked into a photo studio in town and had his photo taken. It was a common practice of the period.

Thanks Jaybird. Have been collecting memorabilia for 45 years, but have never even dabbled in photos, so know zero. Hope I haven't wasted people's time. I am aware that the early 1900s were a time with hundreds if not thousands of organized and professional teams, so it makes sense that there may be many, many thousands of these types of photos. Are they worth anything?

Runscott · #3 02-23-2013, 12:18 AM

Definitely a lefty, unless he's wearing a shirt that was manufactured backwards. Buttons are on the wrong side of the shirt for him to be a righty.

JollyElm · #4 02-23-2013, 01:01 AM

Let me play devils advocate. If the buttons are on the 'wrong' side, has anyone considered that this could be a woman? I can definitely see that possibility. And I don't think I've ever seen a team insignia on the player's right side, only the left. That would be weird.

Michael B · #5 02-23-2013, 01:08 AM

I would also say lefty. Notice how the 'M' slants to the right when he is pictured as a lefty. This would be the natural slant of a letter in a right handed world.

ksfarmboy · #6 02-23-2013, 10:19 AM

Looks like he has a pitchers toe plate on the right shoe. If that was the case he would be righty.

perezfan · #7 02-23-2013, 10:49 AM

The buttons are not on the wrong side. It is a cadet style jersey, and there is a vertical "panel" on which the buttons reside. Look closer and you'll see that the buttons are correct. This, combined with the left-breast insignia and the toe plate indicate the Pitcher is a righty.

Let's see a legit image with team insignia on the right breast... perhaps one exists, but it is far from the norm.

Runscott · #8 02-23-2013, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by perezfan

The buttons are not on the wrong side. It is a cadet style jersey, and there is a vertical "panel" on which the buttons reside. Look closer and you'll see that the buttons are correct. This, combined with the left-breast insignia and the toe plate indicate the Pitcher is a righty.

Let's see a legit image with team insignia on the right breast... perhaps one exists, but it is far from the norm.

Mark, I agree - I had a gut feel that I was wrong about the buttons

. Plus, looking at the two pictures side-by-side, the 'M' only looks correct as a righty.

But I don't see how the toe-plate makes any difference - in either photo it's correct.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Need help identifying a player	David Bender	Postwar Baseball Cards Forum (Pre-1980)	17	10-06-2011 07:39 AM
Help identifying a player	GGterps	Net54baseball Sports (Primarily) Vintage Memorabilia Forum incl. Game Used	0	06-19-2009 10:46 AM
Need Help identifying Player + Series	Archive	Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions	29	04-19-2009 02:20 PM
Help Identifying Player in Photo	Archive	Net54baseball Sports (Primarily) Vintage Memorabilia Forum incl. Game Used	9	08-15-2008 09:21 PM
Need help identifying this player..	Archive	Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions	1	02-20-2004 11:12 AM