Query: 1913 "plug cut"

[Paul M. Johnson]

Plug cut refers to chewing tobacco,basically the leaves were pressed
into a solid "plug" When I was a child there actually was a brand called
"Nigger Head",I think they had a name change somewhere in the fifties.
Another popular brand was "Bull of the Woods" But all major brands made
plug cut chewing tobacco.  Although snuff has taken most of that market,
I'm sure you can still buy "plug cut"

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