T210 Series 8 Mystery player

[seablaster]

Andrew Bowen is already pictured in T210-2 (Portsmouth) and the corresponding H801-7 Old Mill cabinet (Petersburg).

[sb1]

I think it might be Cy Bowen. IF it is Bowen, he played for the Barons a couple of different seasons.
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[RCMcKenzie]

Cy Bowen was a right-handed pitcher, and the Ower card looks like it could be a right-handed pitcher. Here are some photos of Cy Bowen from Baseball Reference.

Maybe someone with a newspaper archive subscription can find some Birmingham box scores with a similar name. Also here's the other Bowen from eBay.

[sb1]

So, Andy Bowen was traded from Birmingham to Danville on Jan 6, 1910. And, then somehow ended up with Portsmouth and later Petersburg.

[nolemmings]

It may be Louis Bauer, with last name misspelled, even though he already has a card in the series. Seems unlikely to be Cy Bowen, who was 39 years old in 1910 and pitching in the Central League, having just been in the NY State League since 1903. It also could be Andy Bowen, though, as there were players appearing in more than 1 league/series.

[bnorth]

Make sure to post about the auction when live or even better if possible PM me so I don't miss it. I still need 3 or 4 to finish my T210 collection.

[JollyElm]

This is only pseudo-science at best (if at all), but here goes...

• I drew the yellow box on the right from where the black of the image ends to where the black text ends (this allows us to ignore the offset of the black printing over the red) under the assumption that they were on the same black printing plate, with the further assumption (I know nothing about this set) that the design layout had the text centered (and thus centered with regards to the black image).

• Next, I took the same yellow box and moved it to connect with the 'beginning' of the black image on the left. The end result is there is a decent amount of empty room between the yellow box and the start of the name "OWER," which there 'shouldn't' be.

Conclusion: If this card indeed had its name centered in the layout/design, then there is a missing letter that preceded "OWER" which has been lost to time.

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[FrankWakefield]

Until someone gets more info, I lean towards Louis Bower. But it's just a lean...

It brings to mind how the white border tobacco cards had Roy Ellam with Nashville in 1910, even though he wasn't with the Nashville Vols until 1917.

If i meet a "nineteen teens" time traveler person arrives in our time, I'll ask him about Ellam, first. Then, maybe Bower. And, also about the Black Sox (and Attell and Rothstein), Dutch Leonard, Charlie Faust, Hal Chase, Hub Perdue, and Bull Durham. Might ask about Bowen/Bower if his travelling time allows.