From Collins-McCarthy, the company which offered the long run of Zeenuts cards, this 1917 set now known as E135 offered 200 new subjects. While the company had been known for producing cards featuring players of the Pacific Coast League, the E135 set switched their focus to the National and American Leagues. Produced at a time when few sets were being issued, it gave collectors and baseball fans on the West Coast a look at players they had only read about in the newspapers or  in the annual Spading guides. While this set shares many photos with the later E121 set and the much-later E126 issue (both from American Caramel), this E135 set came first.

Centering is just slightly southeast on the canvas, which is bright and clean. While the edges are consistent with the grade, softer corners and some faint soiling on the reverse which does not affect the front keep this one from grading even higher than it already has. Great contrast and an interesting pose from the New York second baseman give this one plenty of eye appeal.

SGC has only ever graded 10 total examples of this 1917 E135, with only three receiving a higher grade than the VG 3 offered here of Buck Herzog.