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Joe_G.I too have pondered that very same question. Do you think there was a total of 24 to comprise one complete sheet? If so, one can speculate which teams those "unknowns" might be from. Of the 19 documented, here is how they stack up:
5 from Oakland
7 from Sacramento
7 from San Francisco (two teams, the Haverlys & Pioneers)
With four teams total, each should have on average 6 players if Goodwin & Co. split them up evenly. So Sacramento is +1, Oakland is -1, and the San Francisco teams have to make up the difference. This would suggest the remaining 5 cards might be all San Francisco cards. Note that 24 cards spread amongst 4 teams doesn't give very good coverage of each team's nine. Perhaps only the best players from each team were selected, or the ones that were able to make the photo shoots.
Wouldn't you love to find an uncut sheet ! !
Best Regards,
Joe Gonsowski