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Posted By: Matt

Thanks to everyone for your help (both private and public) I believe the mystery is solved!

My original thoughts were that the Lithograph might be more accurate since it even had the name of the bat boy, which I imagine is a somewhat obscure piece of information and that gave it mroe credibility in my mind. However, Based on this web page:

1911 Naps Calendar

It seems that Tim Hendryx made his debut for the Indians on September 4th. Since the Joss game was played on July 24th (about a month after Lindsay made his own debut) it would seem that it must be Lindsay in the photo and not Hendryx and that the Lithograph is wrong. Add in the corroborating visual evidence presented above and I believe we've solved it.

Bill Lindsay played only that 1 season of Major League ball and appeared in only 19 games in his career, but was lucky enough to partake in the legendary Joss Benefit Game.

thanks!