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 south and slightly east on the canvas. Though the right edge is a little soft, the others and the corners are consistent with the grade. It appears as if there is some dirtiness to the surface, though that is the strength of the bold black printing on the reverse, unfortunately bleeding through to the front. Some faint soiling around the perimeter further explains the grade, though this one still has plenty of eye appeal and great contrast. 

SGC has only ever graded 11 total examples of this 1917 E135, with only four receiving a higher grade than the VG 3 offered here of Clyde Milan.