[tedzan]

Now, here is the rest of this "Factory #649 story"....as it pertains to Cobb.

Some time in 1911, the American Lithographic Co. (ALC) issued their Mecca (T201) Double-folder set of 50 cards (100 subjects).

Surprise, surprise....finally, Cobb's image is on a Factory #649 card. Unbelievably though, ALC places Cobb on the flip-side of the
Crawford card. In 1911, Cobb was having the best year of his BB career....batting .420, 248 Hits, and 127 RBI's. Yet, ALC printed
Cobb on the "short side" of their Crawford/Cobb card. The "Factory #649" mystery continues.

I sold my T201 Mecca set 10 years ago (except the Johnson/Street card). Here is the flip-side of my Johnson/Street card to illu-
strate what's going on here (for anyone unfamiliar with these Mecca cards). Can anyone imagine, relegating Cobb to "secondary
status" in any BB card set ?








Would anyone like to post here F/B scans of their T201 Crawford/Cobb card ?


Thanks,

TED Z