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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Glenn

If these 49 cards were randomly packaged, and I think you'd
agree that 96 wax packs represent a pretty good random sample,
then we can apply a bell curve function to describe the ex-
pected distribution. One aspect of this bell curve are the 3-
Sigma points at both ends of this function; therefore, wouldn't
we expect that two of the players of this set of 49 to have
just a few cards ? Not just one as you are stating ?

However, there is a secondary factor that impacts this lack
of Paige cards in this "find". Early in 1949 there was an on-
going legal battle between the Leaf Gum Co. (Chicago) and the
Bowman Gum Co. (Philadelphia) over the rights to certain
players.
In the center of this controversy was the rights to portray Paige.
The Bowman Co. won the legal battle and Leaf was forced to stop
producing BB cards and especially their Paige. This event more
than likely explains why this 2nd series is very scarce and had
very limited distribution. Leaf, however, continued to produce
FB cards in 1949.