Lets play "guess the player in the photo" again

[Scott Garner]

#1 is not Lon Warneke, FWIW
Here is a photo of "The Arkansas Hummingbird" in action.
Note that Warneke is a right handed thrower, not lefty as in the snapshot posted above.

[milkit1]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

#1 is not Lon Warneke, FWIW
Here is a photo of "The Arkansas Hummingbird" in action.
Note that Warneke is a right handed thrower, not lefty as in the snapshot posted above.

yes i noted that he is righty. however there doesnt seem to be anyone even close on the 30 and 31 cubs

[whitehse]

Thanks for the responses guys!!

I guess I was pretty far off with a few of these and never even gave Hartnett a thought! Any possibility that the 1st picture could be Grimm?

To answer on of the questions, it is my understanding that these photos were taken all on the same day.

[thecatspajamas]

How about Clyde Beck for the first one? Tough to tell for sure with the face being out-of-focus and shaded in yours, so that's still mostly a guess.

[bmarlowe1]

>>>Any possibility that the 1st picture could be Grimm?

No.

[milkit1]

He does have a resemblance to Beck as well but Beck is right handed too

[tnfoto]

Cubs lefties from that era with prominent ears leads me to Cliff Heathcote, but the lack of detail in the photo keeps me from being able to do more than guess.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by milkit1

He does have a resemblance to Beck as well but Beck is right handed too

Doh! Shows how much I can get focused on one aspect, and gloss over the obvious stuff (that has already been pointed out, no less).

Okay, so going strictly on the "Lefty" scenario for 1928-31, we have the following:
Cliff Heathcote 1928-30
Joe Kelly 1928
Art Nehf 1928-29
Percy Jones 1928
Lefty Weinert 1928
Mike Cvengros 1929
Bud Teachout 1930-31
Jesse Petty 1930
Mal Moss 1930
Les Sweetland 1931
Jakie May 1931-32

My money (if I had any left after the Clyde Beck fumble) would be on Weinert, whose jawline looks most similar to me out of the above list.


I don't have a scan of Weinert, so will have to go by his head shot from baseball-reference.com