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 ever so slightly east on the canvas, which is nice and bright. While the edges are consistent with the grade, some corner wear and light soiling keep this one from grading even higher than it already has. The reverse is gorgeous, helping both sides of the card featuring the smiling Cleveland second baseman present wonderfully well.

SGC has only ever graded 8 total examples of this 1917 E135, with only three receiving a higher grade than the VG 3 offered here of Ivan Howard.