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Originally Posted by RUKen
I had previously thought that it was the 1905 team, but if my identification of Happy Townsend is correct, then it must be 1906, because he was traded to Cleveland in December, 1905. (Carr was traded away from Cleveland in November, 1905, so if Townsend is correct, then Carr cannot be in the picture. Wakefield was lent to the Senators in February, 1906, so he is also unlikely to be in a photo with Townsend, depending on when spring training started.) Below I've inserted an image of Townsend from 1903 next to the image of the player in the Cleveland photo, apparently wearing the same sweater:
Townsend 1903
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The post on the Cheremetoff twitter account specifically stated that the photo was from March.
To get us one closer to identifying all the players I would submit that the player kneeling third left is Bill Shipke. That by my reckoning leaves us 3 short, top right, top second from left and top fourth from right.
The player you suggested to be Carr , top extreme right, stands out as his head appears to be approaching twice the size as everyone else. This could substantiate the Carr identification on the basis it is his head replacing the original owner of the rest of the body. Though I admit that this practice is usually adopted for those who enter a team after an image has been taken.
Thanks to RUKen for posting a clearer version of the image although the player fourth from right is unlikely to be identifiable.
The only identification I would like to revisit is that of Buelow and suggest that he is third from right in the top row not extreme left, and that Nig Clarke is top extreme left. Image of Buelow attached along with Scotty Ingerton depicted in the helpful image you posted. A significant omission is Earl Moore maybe he is the unidentifiable player. Could the player top second from left be another player from your image Cadwallader?