This photo was a Christmas photo sent to Lillie and Frank Colaw on Dec 1926. On the back, it says:
"Left to right: Max Ivan, Orrie, Omer, Emerson S, and Donald Charles Jr.

The photoman told Max to catch the ball and he is --?--
1st 2 are Don's & the 4th boy. The 2 others are Charley's.  They are wide awake ..."

The remaining writing is obliterated by glue and black album paper, but seems to have been mainly to give the ages of the boys...