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Posted By: Todd (nolemmings)

I don't know why the last SCD big book "re-classified" Holsums to 1917, and what is meant by it being called a "subset" of Collins-McCarthy. Perhaps Mr. Lemke can share this with us. For one thing, his exemplar in the book--Ping Bodie-is clearly not a Collins-McCarthy design, for it lacks the distinct background, or lack of background, found in that set. While some later card sets borrowed from this design, no CMs use a "regular" background. More curiously, Ping Bodie is captioned as playing for the Washington Americans, a team for which he never played. Strange.
The partial checklist provided is not really determinative either. I believe the players listed played for the same teams in 1917 as 1920-21, the exceptions being Jack Barry, who didn't play at all after 1919, and Cicotte, who of course didn't play after 1920. This might help better define when w575 or maybe e121 were issued, or might mean nothing, but I don't think it establishes a 1917 issue date. Looking at my Holsum Dave Bancroft (batting), it has a CM background but lists him as a Giant, where he did not play until mid-1920. So I think it's safer to keep Holsum as a w575 or e121 variant, like it used to be listed, unless there's more info out there that shows otherwise.
Todd