Quiz: Who is this player?

[bmarlowe1]

Not Mays - not even close, and yes, the ear shapes don't match, nor does anything else.

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

Not Mays - not even close.

I was waiting for someone to possibly question that. It is Mays, according to the museum. They say he was on the team. I wouldn't say it's not even close. Here is a picture in which I see similar features - but I am not 100% convinced either. It is close. I am focused on the uni, but if others feel the same that it is not Mays I will certainly pass that along to the museum.

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[vintagesportscollector]

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[bmarlowe1]

>> Here is a picture in which I see similar features

Any feature similarities you may see (and I have no idea what you might be refering to) don't matter. We can see the ear in your photo clearly enough to know that the outer ear shapes don't match - therefore he is not Mays.

Also, the nose is grossly different - Mays has a huge turned down beak (which he had in younger and older photos), the guy in your photo has a pretty nice straight nose.

This is like saying a photo of Andy Petit is Roger Clemens - it really is ludicrous. I will contact the museum.

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

>> Here is a picture in which I see similar features

Any feature similarities you may see (and I have no idea what you might be refering to) don't matter. We can see the ear in your photo clearly enough to know that the outer ear shapes don't match - therefore he is not Mays.

Also, the nose is grossly different - Mays has a huge turned down beak (which he had in younger and older photos), the guy in your photo has a pretty nice straight nose.

This is like saying a photo of Andy Petit is Roger Clemens - it really is ludicrous. I will contact the museum.

Thanks Mark. I am not anywhere close to an expert, and won't even begin to question you. You are the expert and I trust that. I see some different things not as clearly as you, but my photo match experience is close to nil. Ok if I give the museum your contact info? As I said I don't care one way or the other, and the museum asked me to share this photo to get additional help. I don't think this is what they were expecting, but very valuable for them to know. That is why i told them i would share with a group of experts. They can figure out the mystery they have if they have other evidence that Mays was on this team or in this photo.

[nolemmings]

I didn't think it looked like Mays either, but chose him given the hints of "infamous" and "high and tight", and I knew it wasn't one of the Black Sox.

[bmarlowe1]

Joe - You can just PM me the museum contact info (you can give them a heads up if you want). I have worked with several museums in the past.

Thx

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

Joe - You can just PM me the museum contact info (you can give them a heads up if you want). I have worked with several museums in the past.

Thx

Will do. Thanks. I am sure they will appreciate your expertise. They have only good intent - it's not like other schmucks that have come onto this site trying to claim things in photos and then sell them on ebay for outrageous prices. No one is trying to sell this photo, and I hope this doesn't detract from their exhibit, or they have other evidence or pictures, because they are extremely excited about the exhibit they are building.

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

Not Mays - not even close, and yes, the ear shapes don't match, nor does anything else.

Mark, I posted after you added pictures. Fair comparison - you make a good point. I am not invested one way or other, but will pass along to the museum what the group thinks. Other thoughts? According to the museum the newspaper article lists Mays on the team with this Photo.

[Lordstan]

Now that I see the pictures next to each other, I don't think the nose matches at all. Mays appears to have a big mid bridge bump and a rather bulbous tip. The person in the museum's photo has no bump and the tip appears very pointed.

[bgar3]

It does not look like Mays to me, but even more important, Mark is the expert. Luckily, he has weighed in and spared the museum from a bad id.