Rogers Hornsby - 1914/1915 Denison Team Photo

[slidekellyslide]

In my opinion that guy doesn't look anything like Hornsby.

[bmarlowe1]

An exerpt from my next newsletter:

"....the facial recognition center of the brain is both very powerful and easily fooled. We know that the sense of recognition felt when viewing a face in a photo can be heavily influenced by suggestion from a supposed authority. It is also strongly affected by whom one wants it to be, and thus has a higher rate of error than might be expected."

[bcbgcbrcb]

"In my opinion that guy doesn't look anything like Hornsby."

I think that with nearly 800 views since I started this thread, it would have been quite clearly disclosed long ago if the individual in the photo did not look anything like Hornsby.

We have resorted to a supposed 7 degree angle difference of his one visible ear in trying to determine if it is Hornsby or not along with a crease maybe 1/4" different in his jawbone/chin area.

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

In my opinion that guy doesn't look anything like Hornsby.

agreed, sorry Phil!

[bmarlowe1]

>>>We have resorted to a supposed 7 degree angle difference of his one visible ear in trying to determine if it is Hornsby or not along with a crease maybe 1/4" different in his jawbone/chin area.

These are actually significant - this is how you accurately determine identity. You seem to prefer a "method" that we know is highly inaccurrate.

The posted photos of Hornsby (and many I did not post) all match with respect to these comparisons. Only the Denison player does not match.

[Bicem]

The ears are way off, both of them. The difference is not slight or because of angle. Unless Hornsby had his ears done, that's not him.

[Jaybird]

Not looking good for me either. I understand the research you've done but the guy in your photo looks very different from the PC of him only a year or two later.

[bcbgcbrcb]

I guess that we will agree to differ.

(The spalding guide photo is not nearly clear enough to make any kind of determination. I'm actually surprised at the decent quality of this one as many of them were blurred, double-printed, etc. and you could barely identify a player even when his name was printed right underneath his picture).

[slidekellyslide]

The Spalding Guide photos also have players misidentified...the 1913 Superior photo clearly has Dazzy Vance and "Glass Arm" Eddie Brown mixed up. Those Spalding Guides are great references, but not always accurate.