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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Last summer up in Cooperstown, I personally saw these cards.
At 1st glance they looked quite authentic, mainly due to their
backs being precisely consistent. Upon closer observation it
became apparent that these were very meticulously fabricated
from a Tuxedo magazine (or newspaper) advertisement.

The key to the date of this advertisement is the Heine Zim-
merman card. His description tells us he was the...."Batting
leader last year". Heine led his league with a .372 BA in 1912.