The 1949-50 Toleteros issue, measuring 1.5x2.25"on thin card stock, represents the second of three consecutive annual issues produced for the Puerto Rican Winter League. Photo fronts in bw w/red text backs. Backs of cards were used to play a baseball card game. Many of the players included in this set appear w/two different photo variations. An album was produced to house cards from this series, accounting for the numerous examples in lesser condition due to paper loss on backs from album removal. Smith was a dominant Negro League pitcher of the late 1930s and throughout the 1940s primarily for the Kansas City Monarchs, where he was part of the same staff w/the legendary Satchel Paige. Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001. Wear to card back as once mounted. Front remains glossy w/sharp image. Presents much nicer than the technical grade assigned. PSA pop report indicates that this example is the only graded at this level w/just ten others ever graded higher. Richard Merkin Collection.