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Originally Posted by cfc1909
The southern league 48 cards or print group 6 was discontinued in December 1909.
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I disagree on this particular point. The southern leaguers (SL) fall into TWO, not ONE print group. The first group, which I call 150/350 southern leaguers, was printed from about Summer 1909 to Winter 1910 (maybe into February or March) and is made up of 34 southern leaguers who are available with Brown Hindu, Old Mill Southern and Piedmont 350. The second group, which I call 350-only southern leaguers, was printed from about Winter 1910 to Summer 1910 (maybe into June or July) and is made up of 14 southern leaguers who are available only with Old Mill Southern and Piedmont 350 (not Brown Hindu).
The 150/350 southern leaguers are more difficult than the 350-only southern leaguers owing to the fact that they were short-printed with the Piedmont 350 back (much like the 150/350 major leaguers were short-printed with that back). The numbers bear this out. So, rather paradoxically, the 150/350 southern leaguers are scarcer than the 350-only southern leaguers even though the former are available with a greater number of backs (3 vs. 2).
Edited to add: Additionally, southern leaguers were depicted in Old Mill Southern newspaper ads at least as late as March 1910.