Dynarl, you're welcome.
Frank is largely correct, except that Hustler Toy was not a different company, but was actually created as a division of Frantz Manufacturing.
Hustler continued for many years as a quite successful manufacturer of wood and metal toys and games.
There are some variations to the graphics among both the Frantz and Hustler editions -- the metal frame and cowling are seen in
black, navy, and yellow, and some examples have a blue scoreboard in place of the spectators at bottom.
Incidentally, the Frantz/Hustler game was essentially an all-but-exact copy of an even earlier game,
Play Ball ~ The Rainy Day Great American Game, produced in around 1919 by Evan L Reed Manufacturing of Danville Illinois,
almost right next door to Sterling. That game is fairly scarce, and rarely seen in less-than-ruinous condition.
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