A 1914 advertisement for Sweet Caporal Cigarettes featuring Jack Lapp, “One of the brilliant young catchers of the World’s Champion Athletics.”
“When you’re out of Sweets, you’re minus the best cigarette a man can smoke. The real tobacco flavor of Sweet Caporal is immense.”
Lapp’s career ended at age 31 in 1916, when various illnesses forced his retirement.
The catcher died in 1920 of Pneumonia.
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Connie Mack said of Lapp:
“When in his prime, he was the greatest of American League catchers. Few realized the greatness of Jack, but for those who knew baseball, he was held in high esteem.”
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