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Posted By: Jon Canfield

PC - I tried lining up the faces better here enlarging both photos to about 400% of their true sizes before lining up the facial features. I agree with you, this is close and dare I say, lines up better than Weimer. That being said, when you look at the full scan, Cincinnati isn't even close. So, I'm left with this...

Theory #1: It is a never-issued Weimer in his 1908 Cincinnati jersey

Theory #2: It is Bescher and the Cincinnati jersey doesn't match due to the red print run

Theory #3: It is Bescher's face with a different Cincinnati jersey

Theory #4: It is Bescher but then the jersey was changed (hence why the letters aren't close when the face is aligned but the face isn't close when the letters are aligned.)

Theory #5: All the above theories are wrong.




Here are the full scans with the facial features lines up above. Note how far off the Cincinnati is: