seeking knowledge re: 1955 Topps baseball sheets

[Cliff Bowman]

Here is the second slit.

[G1911]

Thank you Cliff, Dewey and Kevin, this is awesome to finally identify and see.

[Cliff Bowman]

Does anyone notice something very peculiar about the order in the 1955 Topps 2nd Series rows other than the 151-160 Carroll row?

Bolling-Donovan-Higgins-Kinder-Leja-Milliken-Pepper-Sawatski-Trice-Zimmer

Bishop-Crone-Herbert-Killebrew-Kraly-Lynch-Parnell-Roach-Tappe-Zernial

Bilko-Brown-Hatton-Jay-Koufax-Long-Paula-Riddle-Stewart-Wright

Bertoia-Brecheen-Hall-Hurd-Kluszewski-Lepciio-Ortiz-Renna-Smith-Ward

Amalfitano-Boyer-Elliott-Hoskins-King-Lennon-O’Brien-Purkey-Schofield-Valo

Carroll-Schmitz-Kress-Narleski-Podbielan-Mathews-Miller-Miranda-Black-Agganis

[Cliff Bowman]

I guess I should have worded it differently but I didn’t notice this until after the layout was finished, five of the six rows were done in alphabetical order which I thought was pretty wild. Kevin and I are currently working on the 1955 3rd Series and I noticed that the rows were in alphabetical order with a few exceptions, so I went back and looked at the 1955 2nd Series and was amazed that five of the six rows are in perfect alphabetical order other than the Carroll row, which I believe was added at the last minute to the 2nd Series.

Bolling-Donovan-Higgins-Kinder-Leja-Milliken-Pepper-Sawatski-Trice-Zimmer

Bishop-Crone-Herbert-Killebrew-Kraly-Lynch-Parnell-Roach-Tappe-Zernial

Bilko-Brown-Hatton-Jay-Koufax-Long-Paula-Riddle-Stewart-Wright

Bertoia-Brecheen-Hall-Hurd-Kluszewski-Lepciio-Ortiz-Renna-Smith-Ward

Amalfitano-Boyer-Elliott-Hoskins-King-Lennon-O’Brien-Purkey-Schofield-Valo

Carroll-Schmitz-Kress-Narleski-Podbielan-Mathews-Miller-Miranda-Black-Agganis

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

I guess I should have worded it differently but I didn’t notice this until after the layout was finished, five of the six rows were done in alphabetical order which I thought was pretty wild. Kevin and I are currently working on the 1955 3rd Series and I noticed that the rows were in alphabetical order with a few exceptions, so I went back and looked at the 1955 2nd Series and was amazed that five of the six rows are in perfect alphabetical order other than the Carroll row, which I believe was added at the last minute to the 2nd Series.

Bolling-Donovan-Higgins-Kinder-Leja-Milliken-Pepper-Sawatski-Trice-Zimmer

Bishop-Crone-Herbert-Killebrew-Kraly-Lynch-Parnell-Roach-Tappe-Zernial

Bilko-Brown-Hatton-Jay-Koufax-Long-Paula-Riddle-Stewart-Wright

Bertoia-Brecheen-Hall-Hurd-Kluszewski-Lepciio-Ortiz-Renna-Smith-Ward

Amalfitano-Boyer-Elliott-Hoskins-King-Lennon-O’Brien-Purkey-Schofield-Valo

Carroll-Schmitz-Kress-Narleski-Podbielan-Mathews-Miller-Miranda-Black-Agganis

OK, that is pretty wild! Wonder if it was easier to track players that might be contested by Bowman that way?