All true
and verifiable in contemporary newspapers and periodicals like The Sporting News. The Press at the time deliberately dragged red herrings across the paths, quoted Thompson and Brush incorrectly and otherwise tried to influence Thompson and other players one way or the other.
To return to the photo: Perhaps the most important reason for my speculation (for indeed it is only that) is that it came from the same source and in the same batch that Terry bought. For in that same collection were cards of players in uniform. My (uncertain) recollection is that they were Player's League Team uniforms. Terry would remember. He had them on sale at the Shriner's Show for many years.
Another personal reason is "what other explanation is there for these three cabinets?" Between Joe Gonsowski, Jay Miller and myself, we possibly have an example of every cabinet card of Sam ever produced. In addition I have several family cabinet photos of Sam in street clothes that are unique, or at least yet to be discovered. One of my photos is one I won at auction a few years ago. It is slabbed by PSA as GOOD and identified as c1890 MacINTIRE BROS.
Thus, there may be several more of these MacIntire Bros photos out there, and any attribution to a Player's League Card is as bogus as my memory.
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