[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

Originally Posted by Cusick

I'm going to guess that it's Wenty Ford. John L. was a catcher, and this looks like a pitcher posed with him. Wenty was a right-hander, which fits how this fellow is holding the ball. I have a photo of Wenty that shows a bit of the left side of his face, but certainly not a full profile like this one. His smile in my photo seems to be a somewhat lateral one like the one in this shot. My major concern in identifying this guy as Wenty is that usually he wore his hair rather long, and it looks like that isn't the case in this photo with John L.

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