Number of Cards
The 1909-11 Colgan’s Chips collection consists of 290 cards with varations, featuring 12 players from the Cubs.
Size of Chips
round 1-7/16” diameter discsBasic Features
These Chips were released over a period of three years in five-cent tins of Colgan’s Mint and Violet Chips gum. Each Chips showcased a borderless image featuring a black-and-white portrait of the player, with his last name and team name printed close to his shoulders.Chicago Cubs 1909-11 Colgan’s Chips Checklist
| Player | |
| Ginger Beaumont | |
| Frank Chance | |
| Johnny Evers | |
| Solly Hofman | |
| Orval Overall | |
| Jack Pfiester | |
| Ed Reulbach | |
| Jimmy Sheckard | |
| Wildfire Schulte | |
| Harry Steinfeldt | |
| Joe Tinker | |
| Heinie Zimmerman |
This poem was released in the New York on July 12, 1910, following the Cubs' victory over the Giants.
These are the saddest of possible words:
"Tinker to Evers to Chance."
Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
Tinker and Evers and Chance.
Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
"Tinker to Evers to Chance."
