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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

Looking back at my article in VCBC from a couple of years ago:


1 -- What is the realitive rarity of R/N vs. B/C Anon. backs???
See below for a complete list of the cards as they appeared in my survey.


2 -- Are there any R/N Anon. 25 backs known???
No, as Bob indicates-- there are no such animals known. The Weaver Mike mentions is a B/C card, so it does appear with the Anon-25 back.

3 -- Is it assumed that both R/N and B/C Anon. cards were printed in the same batch???
My guess is yes, essentially-- that all the Anon backs were printed in the same series, later in the 1912 issue year. All the B/C Anons were printed at Factory 25, but for some reason Factory 3 printed both B/C and R/N cards with Anon backs.

4 -- Any other thoughts .....
I can't agree that all R/C cards can be found with Anon-3 backs. My survey of 6800 T207s found only about 23 different Recruit cards with the Anon-3 backs. Every one of these 23 players appeared less often than the average Recruit-backed card. There was not a single exception to this pattern.

To explain this, I propose in the article that there may have been two "series" of Recruit-backed cards issued, one of 100, and a second one of 50 issued in smaller numbers. Only this "second series" was issued with Anon-3 backs. I believe, therefore, that only 50 players of the R-N group will ever be found with the Anon-3 back.

The Anon backs are extremely scarce, constituting about 1% of all R/N cards. Napoleons constituted about 2.25%

Here's a bit of the data from the survey, simply the player and the number of his cards that appeared in the survey. Recruit cards begin at 18 with Ellis, and several other Recruits appear to be as tough as the average Broadleaf card.

Donlin12
Donnelly12
Downey12
McCarthy12
Pelty12
Peters12
Houser13
Kuhn14
Mogridge14
Ragan14
Sweeney14
Tyler14
Woodburn14
Butcher15
Hartley15
Hyatt15
Rath15
Works15
Adams16
Fournier16
Miller, Ward16
Rasmussen16
Almeida17
Birmingham17
Blanding17
Lange17
Bauman18
Bushelman18
Ellis18
Kelly18
Ryan18
White18
Kling19
Lewis, Irv19
Miller, Roy19
Nelson19
Carrigan20
Cunningham20
Higgins20
Kirke20
Moore20
Phelan20
Stovall20
Wilson, Owen20
Graham21
Miller, Otto21
Nunamaker21
Scott21
Steele21
Sullivan21
Wood21
Benz22
Blackburne22
Hoff22
Mitchell (CIN)22
Thomas22
Kutina23
Saier23
Smith, Frank23
Engle24
Lowdermilk24
McKechnie24
Moriarty24
Cicotte25
McIntyre25
Morgan, Ray25
Gregg26
Wingo26
Zeider26
Block27
Schardt27
Schulte27
Callahan28
Drake28
Henry28
Herzog28
Hooper28
Knetzer28
Wallace28
George29
Tooley29
Easterly30
Gowdy30
Hageman30
Northen30
Perdue30
Quinn30
Snodgrass30
Spratt30
Wagner30
Weaver30
Hall31
McDonald31
Mitchell (CLE)31
Rucker31
Hogan32
Speaker32
Williams32
Hamilton33
Leifield33
Lord, Harry33
Bodie34
Danforth34
Lapp34
Leach34
Lewis, Duffy34
Miller, John34
Scanlon34
Smith, Wallace34
Stack34
Strunk34
Collins35
Oakes35
Barger36
Daubert36
Marsans36
Morgan, Cy36
Paskert36
Severoid36
Warhop36
Bescher37
Hallinan37
Lord, Bris37
Needham37
O'Toole37
Stanage37
Daniels38
Erwin38
Evans38
Fromme38
Tannehill38
Barry39
Camnitz39
Clarke39
Ainsmith40
Bradley40
Derrick40
Henriksen40
Mullin40
Wilson, Arthur40
Davis41
Golden41
Graney41
McIntire41
O'Brien41
Steinfeldt41
Ball42
Cole42
Coulson42
Krause42
Oldring42
Vaughn42
Kaler43
Reulbach43
Doyle44
Fisher44
Lennox44
Tinker44
Carey46
Ferry46
McLean46
Simon46
Wheat46
Chance47
Moran47
Gainor48
Turner48
Konetchy49
Yerkes49
Austin50
Crandall50
Harmon50
Livingston50
Olson50
Fletcher51
Gardner51
Wolverton51
Covington52
Walker53
Latham55
McBride55
Becker56
Milan56
Bender57
Byrne57
Devlin57
Chalmers59
Devore60
Delehanty61
Lively61
Street61
Wilie64
Schaefer66
Dooin69
Wiltse69
Knabe74
Marquard75
Bresnahan80
McGraw81
Johnson89