Need help with ID of So. League player

[Laxcat]

I thought this might be the same guy. This photo wasn't dated or named.

[Dto7]

Couldn't find a Walter Morris or a John Morris but a Morris played 3rd base on the 99-00 team

[bmarlowe1]

The faces in posts #6 and #8 for sure do not match the face in post #1.

[Laxcat]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

The faces in posts #6 and #8 for sure do not match the face in post #1.

Hmm. The face in #6 #8 #9(sitting bottom left) are all the same guy. That guy is Walter Morris.

[bmarlowe1]

Originally Posted by Laxcat

Hmm. The face in #6 #8 #9(sitting bottom left) are all the same guy. That guy is Walter Morris.

No - it's really pretty simple. The ears in #6, #8, and the guy lower left in #9 do not match, therefore they cannot possibly be the same person.

Forensics aside, what you are telling us is that the 2 images below depict the same person, which is ludicrous.

[mybuddyinc]

Well, Mr. Morris was certainly a "someone" in Texas baseball history.

I'd contact the Texas HOF and see if they could put you in contact with a relative. I'd be surprised if they couldn't.


Also, I agree that the two Texas college photos are the same guy, but they are not Morris. As far as the elder Morris compared to "my" Knoxville Morris, I can't tell.


Although there are very compelling arguments that the Savannah player is not Morris, I still think (for what's that's worth ) it's him.

Sean, oh, Scott


When a get a break in doing nothing, I will also check some local Savannah History establishments.

[bmarlowe1]

Originally Posted by mybuddyinc

...Also, I agree that the two Texas college photos are the same guy..

The 2 college men are absolutely not the same person:

[BradH]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

The faces in posts #6 and #8 for sure do not match the face in post #1.

I agree with Mark and don't see any resemblance between Post #1 and the older gentleman in Post #6.

I don't have a lot of hair on top myself, so I can't answer this from personal experience, but isn't it a bit unusual for someone to change which direction they part their hair midway through life? The hair is parted opposite ways for the guys in #1 and #6.

Also, the cleft chin for the older gentleman in #6 is way off from #1.

If we know for sure that #6 is Walter Morris, then I think that rules him out as the picture in question for the OP. Just my two cents.

[Michael Peich]

Thank you all for the sleuthing. I agree that the person in posts #6 and #8 is probably Walter Morris, but not the player in the photo I posted in #1. The later life comb-over could be an attempt to cover a follicle-challenged head, but I don't think the chin is the same.

I'll keep digging around, and hope that others will as well. Many thanks to everyone, including Scott--don't know why I called you Sean!

Cheers,
Mike

[Dto7]

Walter Morris 1908 St. Louis Cardinals

[bmarlowe1]

The Savannah player originally in question at left, J. Walter Morris with San Antonio c1905 at center, and Morris about a decade or so later at right. Substantially different nose, ear, chin shape and lips indicates that the Savannah player is not Morris. That said, finding Morris in a St. Louis uniform is a nice find.