any thoughts on this Susini "Speaker"?

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Posted By: Todd (nolemmings)

The main reason I ventured Eddie Collins is the uniform, which looks like a White Sox roadie, except the stockings don't match. That arm patch is a United States flag, which, it appears from Okkonen's book, was not worn by any teams on the arm except for the Chisox in 1917 and Cleveland the following year. Cleveland didn't have the dark uniforms, the 1917 Chisox had 4 lefty hitters, the pic surely isn't Shoeless Joe or Nemo Leibold, and the other--Eddie Murphy--I have not seen. That leaves Eddie Collins.

I agree it doesn't look quite Collins enough- Adam, I tried to pretend he was having a "good ear day" when that photo was taken. Still, the follow through and form din't look quite Speaker enough for me either, but I hardly consider myself an expert on the subject.
Good discussion, and I guess it's concluded to be Speaker. Still wonder about the uniform, though.