1910 Champion Pugilists Set and Checklist (T219)
‘It’s In The Details’
Title | T219 Champion Pugilists (Honest, Miner’s Extra, Red Cross) |
Year | 1910 |
Size | 2 1/4″ x 2 7/8″ |
Images | Color |
Type | Tobacco |
Number in Set |
50 |
1910 Champion Pugilists (T219) Overview
If these cards look familiar to you, you’ve more likely seen the T218 champions set.
These T219 cards are a shortened version of that larger issue, featuring only boxers from that set. Images used for the fighters are the same as cards from T218 but these cards are slightly smaller, measuring about 1/4″ less.
The cards look different than most of the early 1900s tobacco issues. Instead of a long, narrow design, these cards are nearly square in shape and look like the gum card issues of the 1930s. They are, however, slightly more rectangular than the more common T218s.
The cards have color lithographic pictures of athletes on the fronts along with their name printed in small capital letters. And, as shown here, they were printed both horizontally and vertically. Some athletes are featured in different poses on more than one card.
Rarity
Backs of the cards are also different. Instead of the T218 cards, which were issued with Hassan, Mecca, and Tolstoi tobacco products, these were issued primarily with Honest Long Cut and, to a lesser extent, Miner’s Extra products. A much smaller amount of cards were printed with Red Cross Tobacco products and those are significantly harder to find.
When it comes to determining the rarity of these cards, on the whole, T218 cards are much easier to find than T219. The most common T219 back is the one with advertising for Honest Long Cut. Miner’s is significantly harder than that one and Red Cross is rarest of all.
1910 Champion Pugilists Checklist (T219)
- Abe Attell
- Matty Baldwin
- Patsy Brannigan
- Knock-Out Brown
- Frankie Conley
- Young Corbett
- Johnny Coulon
- Leach Cross
- Al Delmont
- Dave Deschler
- Young Donahoe
- Jem Driscoll
- Abe Goodman
- Jack Goodman
- Battling Hurley
- Joe Jeannette
- Jim Jeffries
- Jack Johnson
- Al Kaufman
- Stan Ketchell
- Bert Keyes
- Frank Klaus
- Patsy Kline
- Sam Langford
- Harry Lewis
- Willie Lewis
- Young Loughrey
- Johnny Marto
- Packey McFarland
- Phil McGovern
- Honey Mellody
- Owen Moran
- Tommy Murphy
- Frankie Neil
- Battling Nelson
- Dick Nelson
- Young Nitchie
- Jack O’Brien
- Tommy O’Keefe
- Tommy O’Toole
- William Papke
- Unk Russell
- Jim Stewart
- Harry Stone
- Jack Sullivan
- Mike Sullivan
- Jimmy Walsh
- Fred Welch
- Billy West
- Ad Wolgast
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