Posted By:
Scot Reader
Hi Brian,
I have scans of the following ads:
August 13, 1909
"2 Pictures of Celebrated Baseball Players in Every Box"
Shows both major leaguers and southern leaguers
August 20, 1909
"Two pictures of famous baseball players with every box"
Shows only major leaguers
Lipset's Encyclopedia mentions a third ad from September 1909 that reads:
"2 PICTURES of Southern League Players in Every Box"
I don't have the September ad; but it seems possible from this sequence of events that although both major leaguers and southern leaguers were contemplated for release in August 1909, the major leaguers were released a month or so before the southern leaguers. This could help explain smaller extant quantities of Hindu southern leaguers than Hindu major leaguers.
Scot