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

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Posted By: Craig W

Hi Frank,

I was a catcher in little league, so I tend to notice the catcher's mitts on vintage cards. Can't figure out how they ever held onto a pitch with those padded, non-hinged, bulky things!

I've run several web searches this evening and haven't come up with any images of Foley or the Houston team. About all I've found is the info in SABR:

http://minors.sabrwebs.com/cgi-bin/player.php?milbID=white-001fol

Foley did play for several Texas League teams in a few short years, so perhaps the artist just picked the wrong one???

And I apologize for not responding to your post earlier, but this evening was the first time I had a chance to do any research since seeing it this morning. I do enjoy this sort of thing and appreciate you posting it

Best Regards,
Craig

Edited to add: Frank, did your info also come from SABR? It's possible that they have him listed with the wrong team. We may never know unless someone can come up with some newspaper or similar info from 1907-10.