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Originally Posted by Ctrane
Other than Holland and Petway have the others in this great pic
been identified? I can't find that info. Thanks.
I've been trying to find an image anywhere of JW (Gunbooat) Thompson.
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The same photo appears in the book THE NEGRO BASEBALL LEAGUES: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, by Phil Dixon. Gunboat Thompson is not identified in the photo. The caption, as given in the book, follows:
Top row (L to R): Bill Holland, Edgar Wesley, Bruce Petway, Charlie Harper, William Gatewood, Unknown, Unknown.
Middle row: Buck Hewitt, Pete Hill, Tenny Blount (owner), Jimmie Lyons, Andy Cooper.
Bottom row: Unknown, William Force, Orville Riggins, Unknown.
I suppose Gunboat could be one of the "unknowns," but that's as close as I can get.
For the Seamheads listing of the 1920 Detroit Stars, the following players lack photos: Alonzo Longware (19 games), Charley Hill (22 games), Chick Harper (22 games), William Carter (9 games), Eugene Scott (7 games), Gunboat Thompson (9 games) and a couple of one-game guys with unknown first names.
Chick Harper is in the team photo. We have not found photos anywhere for Carter, Hill, Longware, Scott, or Thompson. Given that there are four unknowns pictured in the 1920 team photo, there is a 4 out of 5 chance that Gunboat Thompson is one of them.