Sir Lurksalot photopack (Negro League players)

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Vernell Jackson, P, is shown in the uniform of the Memphis Red Sox. This player is listed as Verdell Jackson in the Negro Baseball Register by Dick Clark and Larry Lester., and by James Riley in his biographical encyclopedia.

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This is a different Clarence Jenkins from the two I have already posted. This Clarence Jenkins was a shortstop with the Memphis Red Sox in 1946 and 1947. On the left, Clarence is shown as an older man in a Memphis Red Sox uniform. On the right, he is shown as a young man in an unidentified uniform.

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Tom Johnson (who became Dr. Thomas Johnson) was a pitcher for the 1940 Philadelphia Stars and 1950 Indianapolis Clowns. He is shown here in an unidentified uniform.

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Grady Montgomery was an infielder with the Chicago American Giants in 1950 and 1951. He is shown here as an older man in an unidentified uniform.

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Mack Pride was a pitcher with the Memphis Red Sox in 1955 and Kansas City Monarchs in 1956. He is shown here as an older man in street clothes, wearing a Kansas City Monarchs cap. Mack is the brother of Charley Pride.

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Sammy Gee, SS, is shown in the uniform of the New York Cubans. I previously posted a photo of Sammy in a high school basketball uniform. Sammy played for the Detroit Stars in 1955.

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Walter "Buddy" Williams was a pitcher with the Newark Eagles from 1937 to 1940. He is shown here as an older man in a business suit.

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Wilbur "Willie" Young pitched for the Birmingham Black Barons in 1945. I previously posted a photo of him as an older man wearing a Black Barons cap. Attached is a photo of him during his playing years. It shows him with an industrial league team from around Birmingham, Alabama. The team represented the Stockham Valves and Fittings Company in the Alabama Industrials League. As can be seen in the photo, Willie did not have a full right arm; he was a one-handed player.

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According to James Riley's encyclopedia and the Negro Baseball Register, by Clark and Lester, this player is G. Claude "Hooks" Johnson, 3B/2B/SS/P, who played for nine Negro League teams during the 1919-32 period. Seamheads.com, however, calls him Claude Cecil "Hooks" Johnson. He is shown here in an unidentified uniform.

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Harry Johnson, 2B/OF/C, is shown in the uniform of the Cuban Giants.

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"Sweet Lou" Johnson was an outfielder for the Kansas City Monarchs in 1955. I've not yet found an image of him in a Negro Leagues uniform, so here he is in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform as a reminder of his major league career.

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Benny "Hoghead" Jones, OF/C/INF, is shown in the uniform of the Pittsburgh Crawfords.

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Bert Jones was a pitcher and outfielder with the Chicago Unions and Algona (IA) Brownies during the 1895-1903 period. He is shown here in an unidentified uniform.

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Collins "Collis" Jones was a utility player for the Cincinnati Clowns and Birmingham Black Barons during the 1943-45 period. He is shown here in the uniform of Moose Jaw Mallards of the Western Canada League.

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James "Jim", "Jimmy", or "Lefty" Jones was an outfielder and first baseman with the Philadelphia Stars from 1949 to 1952. He is shown here in an unidentified uniform.

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Robert Leo "Fox" Jones, OF, is shown in what I think is a Memphis Red Sox uniform, but I'm not sure of this uniform identity.

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Willis "Will" Jones, SS/OF, is shown in the uniform of the Chicago Union Giants.

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Robert Jordan, C/1B, is shown in a Cuban X Giants uniform. I have to qualify this photo. Gary Ashwill went through a process of analyzing the Cuban X Giants team photo on his blog, and deduced that this player was likely to be Robert Jordan, based on the 1905 X Giants roster. But the case is impossible to prove at this point.

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Jose Junco, P, is shown in the uniform of the Cuban Stars.

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George Gayles was a player on the Lincoln Giants of 1929, and he is shown here in a Lincoln Giants uniform. This photo was published after the Lincoln Giants had beaten the Baltimore Black Sox in late May of 1929. I've not found Gayles listed in any Negro Leagues register. There was an unknown-first-name Gales who played first base for the Detroit Stars in 1931.