Could that be someone other than Foley White in the white border tobacco cards, T206???

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

White, Houston.

That is the southern leaguer that we've collected in the white border tobacco cards. The guides say it is Foley White. Even the Library of Congress lists him as "Foley White". Here's a link to theirs (our 'ours', since we are the taxpayers).

http://tinyurl.com/3rot36


See that "H" on that sleeve... was it there in the photo, or added by an engraver or artist???

Foley White shows up in stats in 1905. By 1908 he is with Mobile of the Southern Association at the beginning of the season, then with 2 Texas League teams, Shreveport and Galveston. In 1909 he is with the Waco Navigators of the Texas League. 1910 has him with 3 teams; first the Brownsville Brownies of the Southwest Texas League, then back with Waco of the TL, and finally with Dallas of the TL. I'll stop with 1910, since by that time the card would have been printed.

Foley White did not play for Houston.


Carl White is with the Elsworth Worthies of the Central Kansas League in 1909, getting in 226 at bats and hitting .261 before he moves on to the HOUSTON Buffaloes of the Texas League, appearing in 20 games at the end of the season... he only hit .133 there. In 1910 Carl White is in the Kansas State League, playing for the Newton Railroaders, where he hit .279. Not much on Carl after that.

Carl White did play for Houston.

I've looked at my 1910 Spalding Guide, there is no photo for the Houston team, and the Dallas team photo has no 'White'... Can anyone here dig up a photo of a Dallas or Houston team that would depict 'White', so that a comparison could be made to see if that is Foley on that white border tobacco card, or is it Carl??? It could be Foley, and American Litho got the wrong team, maybe?

Don't bother to look in the red border Old Mill tobacco cards, T210, there is no 'White' card in series 3.