Looking for proof (D303 Mothers' Bread)

[brass_rat]

Thanks for sharing, Andy!

Louden is one of those players that helps pin down 1916 as the release date for the Mothers' Bread cards. Louden's only season with Cincinnati was 1916, having been acquired on December 23, 1915.

Also, the following info will further my suspicion that Hooks Wiltse is the "pictured player" on the Bressler, should anyone choose to show the card.

All of the "pictured players" in the Mothers' Bread set were basically on their way out of baseball by 1915. In that context, it makes sense that players would be substituted in a 1916 issue. Hooks Wiltse's 1915 season was his last, split between the minors and the Federal League.

"Pictured Player" (Mothers' Bread player caption in parenthesis):

• Ray Demmitt (Happy Felsch in Mothers' Bread)...played most of 1915 in the minors and all of 1916 and 1917 in the minors
• Clyde Engle (Eddie Foster)...played in the Federal League in 1914 and 1915, and only 11 games with Cleveland in 1916
• Otto Knabe (William Louden)...finished in 1916 by playing with Cleveland and Chicago.
• Fred Jacklitsch (Billy Meyer)...spent his last two seasons (1914-1915) in the Federal League.
• Mickey Doolan (Ray Morgan)...1914 and 1915 in the Federal League and spent 1916 with the Cubs and Giants...1917 in the minors. He was back in the majors in 1918, the only one of these "pictured players" to really play past 1916.
• Joe Tinker (Buck Weaver)...1914 and 1915 in the Federal League and went back to the Cubs for 7 games in 1916.
• So, all of this leads me to believe that Hooks Wiltse, having closed out his career in 1915 and the only left-handed pitcher in the General Baking set who is not also included in the Mothers' Bread set, is pictured on Rube Bressler's card in Mothers' Bread.

Research possible thanks to baseball-reference.com.

Here's Bressler's 1916 batterymate, Rube Meyer (Fred Jacklitsch pictured).

Cheers,
Steve