T207 ID help-Cady Thomas?

[rhettyeakley]

I think there was probably a lot of mistakes on this card by the maker. Chester Thomas was indeed a member of the 1912 Sox team and the initials C.D. are his and that is likely who they meant to depict on the card. The writer obviously got Chester mixed up with Claude Thomas who would eventually make the majors (and who is later supposedly credited with mentoring a young Carl Hubbell to become who he did).

The Cady part may have been a mistake due to the fact that the same year Chester Thomas made his debut w/ the Sox so did Forrest "Hick" Cady (and maybe they mistakenly saw the two names and thought Cady was Thomas' nickname.

A lot of guesses but it seems obvious that the writer had Claude and Chester mixed up.
-Rhett

[sox1903wschamp]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

I think there was probably a lot of mistakes on this card by the maker. Chester Thomas was indeed a member of the 1912 Sox team and the initials C.D. are his and that is likely who they meant to depict on the card. The writer obviously got Chester mixed up with Claude Thomas who would eventually make the majors (and who is later supposedly credited with mentoring a young Carl Hubbell to become who he did).

The Cady part may have been a mistake due to the fact that the same year Chester Thomas made his debut w/ the Sox so did Forrest "Hick" Cady (and maybe they mistakenly saw the two names and thought Cady was Thomas' nickname.

A lot of guesses but it seems obvious that the writer had Claude and Chester mixed up.
-Rhett

I would agree with Rhett. Here is a shot of Chester on the top row 2nd in on left next to Lewis.

[nolemmings]

Thanks guys. I'll take your word for it now, as I can't tell from that photo. I always thought Pinch had a "fuller" or rounder face than that shown on the T207 card:

Perhaps someone has a photo of Claude for comparison--he toiled in the PCl from 1920-25 and lkely has a zeenut card or two,

[rhettyeakley]

Here is Thomas in 1922...

[Vintagecatcher]

Here is a nice link to his information on Baseball Reference:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi...d=thomas001che


Here are Chester's 1911 Obak and 1911 Zeenut cards.


Patrick

[bmarlowe1]

Hick Cady left, Pinch Thomas right.