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07-07-2005, 02:31 PM
Posted By: <b>scott</b><p> i was wondering why there were so few caramels pre 1915 printed of walter johnson?was it because his rookie year was 1907 and wasn't firmly established as a great pitcher until 1910? <br /> thanks,<br /> scott<br />
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07-07-2005, 02:34 PM
Posted By: <b>Hal Lewis</b><p>He was an Anti-Dentite, and he did not want kids eating candy and having to go to the dentist.
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07-07-2005, 02:41 PM
Posted By: <b>Bryan Long</b><p>and to be honest I don't think that we were ever able to come up with a decent answer. Although, Hal may be on to the right idea. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>
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07-07-2005, 03:03 PM
Posted By: <b>Scott Forrest</b><p>to the players? If so, some of the stars like Johnson may have gotten into disputes over what they would receive for use of their image.
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07-07-2005, 03:10 PM
Posted By: <b>robert a</b><p>Hi there.<br />This one's been discussed before. It's a good topic. Search for it.<br /><br />I believe it's simply because the caramels feature stars of the day that had been around longer than WJ.<br /><br />Some of the others might know a lot better, but it could be possible that the "pool" of photos used for many of the players included in the sets (many are the same players used across several caramel sets) did not include johnson.<br /><br />Nice topic.<br />Robert A
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07-07-2005, 04:02 PM
Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>I was told that Johnson was a poor spelling vegitarian, and was against camel meat being marketed to kids.
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07-07-2005, 04:12 PM
Posted By: <b>Josh K.</b><p>lol<br />
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07-07-2005, 04:57 PM
Posted By: <b>bcornell</b><p>The only Senator in any of the E92-E106 sets was Germany Schaefer (E92, E101, E102, E105).<br /><br />Bill
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07-07-2005, 05:20 PM
Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>1st in war, 1st in peace, last in the AL
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07-07-2005, 06:05 PM
Posted By: <b>Anson</b><p>Suprisingly, Cy Young isn't present in a lot of the caramel sets either.
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07-07-2005, 06:15 PM
Posted By: <b>Wesley</b><p>Cy Young was winding down his career but actually had quite a few caramel issues.<br /><br /><br />E107<br />E101<br />E92 Dockman<br />E92 Crofts Candy<br />E92 Crofts Cocoa<br />E92 Nadja<br />E93<br />E94<br />E90-1<br />E98 <br />E105 <br />E254<br />
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07-07-2005, 07:48 PM
Posted By: <b>Darren J Duet</b><p>Tris Speaker is also absent quite a bit in caramel issues.
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07-07-2005, 08:48 PM
Posted By: <b>Scot</b><p> Walters last Caramel is an option. Short print in type-1 1927 York Caramels. <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1120790714.JPG">
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07-07-2005, 08:59 PM
Posted By: <b>Scott Elkins</b><p>Sad for a while for selling a major HOF'er from this scarce set, until I picked up a Cobb recently.