I think maybe a more difficult question to answer is why he was not included in the T205 and/or T207 sets. By early 1911, he was at least a very hot prospect that would have merited inclusion in the T205 set. After that season, he was a bona fide star and should have been a no-brainer for the 1912 T207 set. In fact, he was mentioned as a star player on the backs of two other cards in that set. Perhaps there was a contractual issue that kept him off of tobacco issues as his stats and status were surely worthy of his inclusion.
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