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Frank WakefieldYou're quite welcome, John. And the real thanks goes to you for this fine list!!
That March 1911 line score that shows Lakoff in the New York Times is of a game between the Cincinnati Redlegs and the Louisville Colonels, a pre-season game. Lakoff is the last of 3 Louisville pitchers. The Reds scored single runs in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th. Louisville scored in the bottom of the 4th, another run in the 6th, and 2 runs in the 7th to tie the game. The Reds score 2 runs in the top of the 9th and win 6-4. I have a feeling that Lakoff was in there and gave up those 2 runs, lost the game, and lost his shot at a roster place with Louisville.
And I still don't know which was his name was spelled. Might look at 1910 Wausau census records, or contact the library there to see if someone could photocopy some baseball articles from the local paper. I suspect the change of spelling came because of the way the name sounded when spoken, or it was errantly typed one time, and others picked that up.