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Originally Posted by tnfoto
SABR located a photo of Shaffer with his 1885 Lock Haven, PA town club in the 13-Jun-1936 Lock Haven Express.
Thanks to SABR for finding Shaffer!
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I found a photo of John "Cannonball" Shaffer, who played with Atlanta in 1886 prior to his debut in New York, printed in the Atlanta Constitution on April 27, 1919 (pg 5). Shaffer should also be in the 1886 Atlanta team photo from 1886, which can be seen on Threads of Our Game (
https://www.threadsofourgame.com/1886-atlanta/). My best guess is this player from that photo.
Perhaps someone can clean up the photo from the Atlanta Constitution to get a better match.