Query: 1913 "plug cut"

[Tom Dalzell]

Chewing tobacco.

Tom Dalzell

Gerald Cohen wrote:

>    Would anyone know the meaning of "plug cut" in the quote below? It
> appears in a baseball article in the newspaper _San Francisco
> Bulletin_, March 15, 1913, p.28, col. 1:
>   "On the field the professional ball tosser is usually an individual
> of athletic build, with flashing eyes and an aggressiveness not to be
> found among his fellow citizens.  He is also supposed to wear a coat
> of tan and to be an habitual user of plug cut. ..."
>
> ---Gerald Cohen