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Frank WakefieldKling didn't play with the Cubs in 1909. He was a holdout. After the 1908 season, that winter, he won the world pocket billiard championship. He did not retain his title at the end of the year, and rejoined the Cubs for 1910.
So I can see how Kling was initially put in the cards because of the Cubs and what all happened in 1908... then when he's not playing as 1909 winds along they pull his card, an don't ever give him a second card (most Cubs stars have multiple cards, M Brown 3, Chance 3, Evers 3, Overall 3, Pfeister 2, Reulbach 2, Schulte 2, Sheckard 2, Steinfeldt 2, and Tinker 4). Yet it has always seemed to me that his card is seen a bit less often than other Cubs. That might be because some folks just want one each of the main Cubs, so the demand for Evers is spread out among his various cards, but for Kling the demand all focuses on his one card. Or it could be because American Litho pulled his card a bit early in the printing process... or both.