To me the "e" in Lefty and the "e" in Hafey are the telltale signs that the same person probably wrote those. That is a very distinct almost upside down looking v and it is exactly the same on each. I am not an authenticator and am just giving my opinion.
However, the good news is, you got that Hafey cheap even as an original photo and from my experience as a guy who has collected photos for over 10 years, Hafey is a tough guy to get an image of. I am not sure if he was self conscious about his glasses, shy, or nobody cared, but of all the Hall of Famers of his era, he is one of the toughest. For example, right now I have about 75 different images of Babe Ruth, and 5-10 each of other guys like Bottomley, Hornsby, Foxx, Wilson, Hartnett etc. and I dont own a single Hafey and have not for years so signed or not, you did well.
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