Can someone explain why it was presumed to exist?
IMO, the card would likely exist because of the subject matter. The Just So set depicts only Cleveland Spiders and coming off their best season where they made it to the World Championship Series. They acquired the popular and highly regarded Ewing in February '93, nearing the end of his career. It would seem odd to exclude him from the set, particularly as Frank Boyd is included--who played 2 games his entire career, as was Tom Williams, who pitched but 7 games in his career.
The Spiders traded George Davis to get him, and Davis was not in the Just So set (or has not been found). If the cards were printed before the trade, then it would seem Davis and not Ewing should be in the set, and that gave me some hesitation, although because Boyd played his only 2 games in 1893, it seemed likely the season must have started by the time the cards were printed and thus Ewing would be the one in the set, not Davis.
Jimmy McAleer was a speedy centerfielder and pretty important cog on that Spider team also. I believe his card is out there, somewhere.
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