Rose & Company Springfield Postcards

In 2004 an auction on eBay offered a series of 13 postcards bearing a likeness to the popular Rose & Company postcard series of 1908-1909. These Cinderella cards were created by the 1909 Springfield (Mass.) Connecticut League Team as a presentation set for their benefactrix, the team owner's wife. They are not part of the officially issued set. Two players of note are John Francis (Shano) Collins who started his major league career in 1910 and was a member of the 1919 White Sox team and Harl Vestin Maggert who after his stint with the Springfield team went west to the Pacific Coast League where he played for many years and appears on Obak and many Zeenut cards.

BREISCH WILLIAMS

1903-1904 baseball card set designated as E107 by the American Card Catalog was the first widely distributed set of the 20th Century. The cards are highly sought by collectors and to have even one in one’s collection is prized. While the exact number of cards in the set is subject to discussion it is widely thought that there are at least 150 cards and likely more undiscovered examples.

The two pictured here are Fred Jacklitsch, incorrectly designated as Jacklitzch on the card, and Mike “Doc” Powers:

Sporting Life Postcards W601

In 1906 The Sporting Life Magazine issued a series of postcards, one for each of the 16 baseball teams, eight in the American League and eight in the National League. The cards displayed the ball players in cameo and are one of the most desirable postcard collectibles in the hobby today.

The cards show many players who do not appear on any other baseball card issue. There are numerous Hall of Fame players including Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Ed Walsh, Honus Wagner, George Davis, Adrian Joss, Nap Lajoie, Christy Mathewson, John McGraw, Willie Keeler, Mordecai Brown, Johnny Evers, Joe Tinker, Frank Chance and many others.

Pictured here are 15 of the 16 cards missing only the Detroit American League card.


Boston American League (1906)

Tannehill
Young, Cy (HOF)
Winters
Harris
Dineen
Carrigan
Criger
Peterson
Grimshaw
Ferris
Parent
Collins, Jas. J. (Manager) (HOF)
Morgan
Hayden
Stahl, C.
Freeman
Taylor, John J. (President)
Godwin
Hoey

Boston National League (1906)

Dorner
Young, Irving
Lindaman
Pfeiffer
Needham
Brown, S.
O’Neill, J.J.
Tenney, Fred (Manager)
Howard
Brain
Bridwell
Strobel
Goode
Soden, A.M. (President)
Dolan
Bates




Brooklyn National League (1906)

Eason, M.
McIntyre, H.
Scanlon
Pastorious
Stricklett
Bergen
Ritter
Jordon
Hummel
Casey
Ebbets, Charles (President)
Donovan, P.J. (Manager)
Medicus, H.W. (Treasurer)
Lewis
Batch
McCarthy
Maloney
Lumley
Alperman



Chicago American League (1907)

Walsh (HOF)
White
Altrock
Patterson
Owens
Smith
Sullivan
McFarland
Towne, J.
Donahue
Isbell
Jones, Fielder (Manager)
Tannehill
Davis, G. (HOF)
Hahn, Ed.
Dougherty
Cominsky, Chas. (President) (HOF)
Dundon
Rohe


Chicago National League (1907)

Brown, M. (HOF)
Reulbach
Lundgren
Pfeister
Overall
Taylor, J.
Kling
Moran
Walsh
Evers (HOF)
Steinfeldt
Chance (Manager) (HOF)
Tinker (HOF)
Gessler
Sheckard
Schulte
Murphy, Chas. W. (President)
Slagle
Hofman


Cincinnati National League (1906)

Ewing
Fraser
Weimer
Hall, Chas.
Wicker
Schlei
Livingston
Deal
Huggins (HOF)
Delehanty, Jas.
Corcoran
Hanlon, E.H. (Manager) (HOF)
Lobert
Mowry
Kelley, Joe (HOF)
Smoot
Herrmann, Aug (President)
Jude, C.
Seigle

Cleveland American League (1906)

Joss (HOF)
Bernhardt
Moore
Hess
Eells
Rhoades
Bemis
Clarke
Buelow
Rossman
Bradley
Lajoie (Manager) (HOF)
Turner
Barbeau
Stovall, G.
Jackson
Flick (HOF)
Bay
Congalton

New York American League (1906)

Chesbro (HOF)
Hogg
Clarkson
Orth
Doyle
Kleinow
Thomas
McGuire
Chase
Williams
LaPorte
Griffith, Clarke (Manager) (HOF)
Elberfeld
Moriarity
Delehanty
Conroy
Gordon, Joseph (President)
Keeler (HOF)
Hoffman

New York National League (1906)

Mathewson (HOF)
McGinnity (HOF)
Ames
Wiltse, Geo.
Ferguson
Taylor, L.
Bresnahan (HOF)
Bowerman
McGann
Gilbert
Devlin
McGraw, John J. (Manager) (HOF)
Dahlen
Strang
Seymour
Brush, John T. (President)
Shannon
Donlin

Philadelphia American League (1906)

Plank (HOF)
Waddell (HOF)
Oldring
Bender (HOF)
Dygert
Coakley
Schreck (Schrekengost)
Powers
Davis, Harry
Murphy
Knight
Mack, Connie (Manager) (HOF)
Cross, Monte
Coombs
Hartsell
Lord
Shibe, Ben F. (President)
Seybold
Armbruster

Philadelphia National League (1906)

Sparks
Pittinger
Duggleby
Lush
Richie
McCloskey
Moser
Dooin
Donovan, W.
Bransfield
Gleason, W.
Duffy, Hugh (Manager) (HOF)
Courtney
Doolin
Sentelle
Magee
Shettsline, W. (President)
Thomas
Titus

Pittsburg National League (1906)

Leever
Phillippe
Lynch
Leifield
Willis (HOF)
Gibson
Nealon
Leach
Wagner (HOF)
Sheehan
Beaumont
Ganley
Clymer
Meier



St. Louis American League (1906)

Powell
Howell
Smith, E.
Glade
Jacobsen
Pelty
Rickey
Spencer
O’Connor
Jones, T.
O’Brien
McAleer, James (Mahanger)
Hartzell, R.
Wallace (HOF)
Stone
Hemphill
Hedges, R.L. (President)
Koeher
Niles

St. Louis National League (1906)

Karger
Hoelsketter
Brown
Rhodes
Higgenbotham
Beebe
Grady
Murray
Noonan
Marshal
Beckley (HOF)
McCloskey, John J. (Manager)
Bennett
Arndt
Crawford
Barry, J.
Robison, Stanley (President)
Burch, A.
Mertes

Washington American League (1906)

Kitson
Smith, Chas.
Falkenberg
Patton
Hughes
Wakefield
Heydon
Warner
Stahl, J. (Manager)
Schafly
Cross, L.
Altizer
Nill
Anderson
Hickman
Noyes, Thos. (President)
Stanley
Jones, C.

George "Buck" Weaver

Buck Weaver one of the eight Black Sox was banned for life for allegedly participating in throwing the 1919 World Series, Chicago White Sox versus the Cincinnati Reds.


Buck appears on many baseball cards from 1909 when he played for San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League through 1921 after his bandishment from baseball.

The first card pictured here is his 1911 Zeenut. Buck is pictured with the San Francisco team.

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This next card is Buck's 1911 Obak card still with San Francisco.

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In 1912 Weaver was signed by the Chicago White Sox.
The card pictured is his T207 card from 1912.

T206 Honus Wagner

This is the most desirable card, the 'Holy Grail' of the T206 set.

( I don't own this card. Wish I did!)

Top Cards of the T206 Set

1. Honus Wagner
2. Eddie Plank
3. Joe Doyle
4. Sherry Magie
5. Ray Demmitt

1905 Rotograph Chesbro

Hope you enjoy the card Jeff.