In Mr. Sugar's 3rd edition of his The Sports Collectors Bible, he lists this:
Smith (2)*
That is listed in the Type One Brown Captions, and in the Type Two Blue Captions.
The * indicates that the cards are identical to the corresponding Type One card with the exception of the color of the caption.
There is no listing for a Smither card under either type.
My thinking now is that there is no such card, and that "Smither" crept in as a typo. No "Smither" card will be found.
Frank "Piano Mover" Smith pitched in Montreal for the 1912 and 1913 seasons. He was a dominant pitcher for the White Sox in 1909, and the 5 preceding years.
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