The image Chris has done is a great way of tracking the double name cards that are known. It also shows how complex things probably became later on, as Lundgren Cubs has two different cards above and Cicotte has two different below.
None of the ones found so far have been from this group. I might expect that other series were done differently. So for now I think this idea is just for this group of cards.
The simple layout with 4 cards on a 48 card sheet is 4 blocks of 12. But they may well have made it more dificult. Cut wrong there would be 24 with the same name, and 12 with a different name for the 12x4 layout. with the 8x6 layout it would be 32 same name and 6 different name. I'd lean towards this layout since the different name cards are much less common than one with the same name. Other layouts are workable of course but I'm fairly convinced it's 4 players per sheet. (The other one I think might be likely would be one sheet with 4 different and another with 8 different.)
The other probable complication involves the Plank and one other outlier card. The bit of packing log shows a Hindu Reulbach and specifies that the packing is for "other than philadelphia area". I think it's possible there was a special sheet made for the philadelphia area, which included Plank. And that that sheet wasn't used with Hindu.
I did check Teds List of EP backs today and none of these cards are confirmed with EP. That complicates it somewhat, but makes the pattern much stronger for this group.
The other outlier card is Powers, which fits the group very well, but does have a 649 overprint. This one is a real puzzle.
Steve B
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