Just exchanged emails with the museum director who clarified their view on the photo, as well as their own doubt - which they didn't express before. The so what is they are not surprised, and this doesn't seem to curb their enthusiasm at all, so hopefully all is good. They do welcome any and all Info on Mays...
"We have newspaper articles written in 1909 about the team and about Carl Mays from the Hennessey Clipper. I will email those links via the Oklahoma Historical Society's gateway research website. There is also an article from a 1929 letter from Mays when he was playing later in his career to a friend from "Turkey Creek", which is the Hennessey area. It is not surprising he is probably not in this photograph, as he was brought in towards the in of the 1909 season to pitch for the "Sluggers" according to the paper. Regardless, I do know that the photograph does reveal several of the teammates he would have played with, and that the photograph is of the "Hennessey Sluggers." I would love to speak with anyone who knows more about Carl Mays. Feel free to contact me "
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