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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>Robert S.</b><p>I picked up this photo in an antique shop last weekend for $5. The reverse has an International News Photos stamp from the 1940s (as per Fogel's Mastro book), but no caption.<br /><br />As the seller put it: "I don't know who either of those guys are, but they sure do look important."<br /><br />Any idea of the identity of the guy with Connie? Any help appreciated...<br /><br /><img src="http://vintageball.com/files/File0458.jpg">
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>Mike</b><p>It appears to be some lucky guy who just happened to meet Connie on the train they are riding on. Can his smile get any bigger?<br /><br />
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>hrbaker</b><p>Daniel J. Travanti's father.
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>Brian Weisner</b><p><br /> Jimmy Hoffa............
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>Rhys</b><p>To me it looks like Charlie Grimm. Grimm was a batboy for the A's and was signed by Connie Mack and I am thinking this was taken for the 1929 World Series and might be a later use of the photo or something. I might be wrong but I just pulled out a few Charlie Grimm signed photos I have and it sure looks like him to me, and since he knew Mack pretty well, it makes sense.
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>Robert S</b><p>I never knew he was a batboy. Look at this photo of Grimm and compare those ears they sure look similar...<br /><br /><img src="http://www.oldcardboard.com/pc/denby/denby.jpg"><br /><br />My dating to the 1940s was only based on the Fogel book's assertion regarding the news stamp on the reverse. It's too light to scan well:<br /><br /><img src="http://vintageball.com/files/File0460b.jpg">
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>howard</b><p>Did Connie look that old in 1929? If so, I applaud him for lasting another 25+ years!
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>Todd Schultz</b><p>do not look at all close to me, especially in the nose.
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>Robert S</b><p>On closer look at the ears, they're close but hard to tell...<br /><br />Connie did look old in 1929, btw, but that means nothing:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/1929wsprogram.jpg"><br /><br />I've already got my $5 worth of entertainment with the Daniel J. Travanti's father remark!<br /><br />I think Connie was born old...
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p><br />The guy looks a little like Bob Hope to me. Then again I'm a terrible judge of faces.
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>zach</b><p>I agree with the above, Bob Hope.<br /><img src="http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/images/hope_faceshot.jpg">
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p><img src="http://members.aol.com/canofprimo/grimm2.jpg"> <img src="http://members.aol.com/canofprimo/grimm.jpg">
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>rhys</b><p>The picture Frank posted does not look too much like Grimm, but one of the photos I have of him looks closer. Might not be him afterall.
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>howard</b><p>No way that's Bob Hope. Bob had a pretty pronounced cleft in his chin.
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>Dennis W.</b><p>I don't think it's Bob Hope either. I agree with Mike - probably just some guy who recognized him on the train. Also, Mack has that typical celebrity pose they take when asked for a photo. Nice photo though.
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>RobertS</b><p>Hmmm...I may not have been alive in the 1920, 30s or 40s, but I don't think people traveled on trains with their own news agency photographers in the hopes of meeting someone famous. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />Moroever, if the photographer was simply following Connie, the news agency likely would have cropped the guy out or not issued the photo at all, if it was some random train meeting.<br /><br />The unknown guy in the photo may just have been some contest winner or someone of that ilk -- meaning, not a baseball-related person or anyone famous, but someone newsworthy on that day and forgotten ever since.<br /><br />All I know is he is happy...and I was happy to pay $5 for Connie.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>Dennis W.</b><p>Good point Robert. Maybe a contest winner of sorts. I just think that the photo has that "I'm a celebrity and I'll be happy to take a picture with you" feel to it. <br /><br />Maybe David will chime in as this is right down his alley. I'd be the first to admit that I know very little about vintage photography, photographers, where they were, or who/when they shot. Bottom line is I love the photo and would buy them like that all day every day for $5 a pop. Nice pick up!
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>BcDaniels</b><p><img src="http://mirrorimageorigin.collegepublisher.com/media/paper311/stills/7wv3d64r.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://mrrubinfarr.tripod.com/pictures/BTTF2.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Where is Biff?<br /><br /><img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>Scott Gross</b><p>A vote for Grimm ....<br /><br /><br />Oh, Mr. Grimm, Oh, Mr. Grimm,<br />These contenders may well tear us limb from limb<br />We may emulate the dive <br />Of the Cubs of '25<br />We ain't <I>that</I> bad, Mr. Gallagher,<br />That's what you think, Mr. Grimm<br /><br /><br />-- Warren Brown
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Who's This Guy With Connie Mack?
Posted By: <b>steve f</b><p><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1141677070.JPG">
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