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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

In 1981, I wrote an article in the Baseball Cards magazine (Krause Pub.) regarding the 1949 Bowman
Set. In my research, I contacted a senior employee at Leaf Confectionary of Chicago (the old Leaf
Gum Co.); and, I was told that due to the "Gum Wars" between Bowman and Leaf in 1949....several
players portrayed by these BB card companies had to be withdrawn from their respective sets.
And, the Leaf Paige was one of them.

In 1989 this was reinforced by Alan Rosen's great find of four unopened, 24-count, boxes of Leaf 2nd
Series (SP) cards. Of the 96 wax packs (yielding 576 cards) there were only 3 cards of Paige.

While the remaining 48 cards in this series had a normal distribution of 10-12 cards each.

Red....I hope this answers your question.

TED Z