T206 Wagner & Plank....anti-tobacco dudes....printed together on a sheet

[tedzan]

Good morning John

Thanks for bringing this up. I have done some research on this, but no luck (yet) in finding a "smoking cigarette (gun)" to confirm my claim that Eddie Plank
contacted ALC (or ATC) to have his T206 card removed. If as I said....a "cease & desist" order was issued to discontinue marketing the Plank card, we will
never find out. Because, as a veteran lawyer some years ago told me, such trivial legal actions of that era were discarded many, many years ago.

Eddie Plank is described by Connie Mack in the book that I cited............
"The secret of Plank's pitching is no secret at all. It is a good strong arm, a powerful constitution to back it, and neither drinks, smokes, chews, nor swears.."

Furthermore, Connie Mack and several of his collegiate players were anti-tobacco....including Eddie Collins. This may explain why his 150 series (batting pose)
card was never issued.

Ten years ago, I had a nice long conversation with Connie Mack III at a Philadelphia A's Historical Society luncheon. We talked about his famous Grandad and
the A's of the 1903-1914 era. A lot of interesting stuff; and, I mention this here because he confirmed many things that I had read over the years regarding
Connie Mack.

OK, I base my claim on circumstantial evidence. I certainly don't buy the old myth that "the printing plates were broken." So, I'm curious as to why you think
the T206 Plank was "yanked" ?



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TED Z