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Comparing the sketch printed in the newspaper in July 1900 with the photo from the book "The Western League: A Baseball History", one player in each is shown in a uniform without "Denver" across the front. In the sketch, this player is identified as Silch, while in the photo this player is identified as O'Neil. I'm beginning to think one of these two is wrong. The comparisons are below between the photo and sketch, with the identifications as given for the photo. The sketch of O'Neil looks to me more like the player in the photo identified as Silch, while I can see the sketch identified as Silch matching the player in the photo identified as O'Neil.

The more I look at the photo, the more I think it was taken contemporaneously with the photo the sketch in the paper was based on. This would make the unidentified players as Hunter, McHarg and McMillon, and also that Dugdale would not be in the photo.

A comparison of the player identified as Tom Hogan in the photo caption in the book is shown below with McMillon and McHarg. And as noted, I think Hunter resembles one of the other unidentified players.