More T206 Sheet Madness

[t206hound]

I recently obtained another T206 ghost which had me looking through old N54 threads. It's amazing how much you can forget.

Over the past few years I've owned a handful of two name cards (miscut card name at top of card is different than player below), as well as a few ghosts (reveals players side-by-side). Additionally, I've seen images of side-by-side miscuts and other scraps that show adjacent poses. These have always intrigued me as it gives insight to the sheet layouts.

We've seen that two name cards occur less frequently than the double name (same name twice) cards; further, we've never seen a side-by-side of the same player.

It's no surprise, that Rossman has been my card of choice (my avatar). I've obtained a a double name (same name twice) and two different Rossman-McBride miscuts all with a Piedmont 350 back.

So while researching my recent ghost find, I came across a thread that discussed side-by-side miscuts. One of the posts referenced a Stephens-Rossman miscut. I've confirmed with the owner that this too is a Piedmont 350 back. So, it if you assume that the sheet layouts for a given back remained constant (perhaps a leap), that means that Stephens was to the left of Rossman, which was under McBride.

Cool, I thought. Then I remembered something else. I remembered that there was a two name card of Stephens. This card is also a Piedmont 350. In this case, Stephens is above Hoblitzell. So, if you make the same leap as above, now we have Stephens above Hoblitzell and to the left of Rossman, and Rossman is below McBride.

The T206 Sheet Mystique article on T206Resource postulates two identical rows of cards being replicated three to four times per sheet (six to eight rows).

How likely is it that there were (at least) three different rows of cards per sheet? I have some further theories that I'm noodling regarding sheet size/number of cards/etc., but wanted some feedback on this before I continue.

Thoughts?