A quick check on the Nashville Elite Giants on the NLBPA website says that the team moved to Columbus after the 1934 season. In the lower left corner, the windowcard notes that the Philadelphia Stars were the 1934 Champions of the league.
Seems to me it's like a phantom world series ticket: it might be real--it might be from the period...but there was never the reality of a 1935 season to make it legitimate. An overeager printer, perhaps...but that would explain why they are "stock" sheets without any detailed game or schedule info.
From my perspective, however, I would think a forger would not go to the trouble of creating these for a team that didn't exist...and if they did, why would they do it with no game info printed? You could make the case that you aren't breaking the law by producing a fantasy piece...but if you were deliverately doing that, why leave it half-printed?
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