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Originally Posted by RUKen
I think Munyan could be in the top row, rather than McVey:
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Yes, very possibly. Now we need to find an alternate placement for McVey. Based on his image I thought the player on the ground on the right could be a match. I noticed a contraption in this player's location within the image and wondered what it could be. The only thought that came to mind was an early example of a catcher's mask. If so Munyan could be located in this placement within the image, however two other candidates would be Pike and Smith both also listed as catcher's. There again that would suggest 3 catcher uniforms within the photo. So that placement now reserved for a catcher an alternative location for McVey is needed, suggestion - located in the middle row second from right.
Then remembering back to Craig Brown's site that suggested it would be useful if someone attempted to color the famous positional uniforms of 1882 to see how they came to life. That in mind let's see what is revealed if that process was applied to this Columbus team photo, only to discover that prewinter was thinking on exactly the same lines.