Certainly looks more like Old Smokey than a weathered Marty (despite the similar ears and chin, and Marty's equally invisible eyebrows in the Reds pic). My bad.
My question is, where was this taken? I could have sworn this was at Shea (the scoreboard over the shoulder) but that can't be. Given Elmer's tenure as a Cubbie ran from 1957-1959, I guess it's the Polo Grounds. (In 1957, obviously.) Huh.
On further investigation, yes, that's a 1957 uniform. The stripe on the cap gives it away. The shirt actually says "Chicago Cubs" (we just can't see "Cubs") and in '57 they actually did use the red letters, outlined in blue (which Dressed to the Nines does have wrong), as seen in the 1957 Tom Poholsky I posted ages ago.
So, all in all, a waste of time. That's what I get for not IDing the entire section of the archive and making sure the picture fits in logically. Not sure why they're skipping from "Singleton" to "Keough", from Cubs to Reds, from 1957 to 1962, but if I'd done a better job figuring out who that was in the pics before Singleton, I wouldn't have been so quick to assume.
Ah, live and learn. Thanks for catching the error. Just making sure you were all on your toes, yeah, that's the ticket! Honest.
(Blecch.)