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Posted By: Tom

Why is network 54 so convinced they do not existence? What logic are you using beside the wide gap and narrow gap when you see the photo's on ebay? There is no possible way to tell unless you conduct test on the paper stock. I am convinced they do based on two factors. The paper stock test and the golden and purple tones they appear. You can see the fibers in both cards placed together on the microscope they are one of the same with no difference at all. Looks like you are seeing the same card, but one has the narrow gap Joe Connolly 37 Standard Biscuit Company back and the other is the wide gap Frank Chance 28 Blank Back. This is just like for years everyone including Bob Lemkie called the m101-4 and M101-5 a 1915 up until it was changed by Bob Lemkie because he found an advertisement with cards that said 1916. I still believe they are two different sets made in two different years. The plate's they used to make the cards were extremely heavy and to the best of my knowledge they would just pile them up like stove wood. As everyone knows metal will expand and contract due to the elements of the weather. This is far about your knowledge to understand. There was a pirate company that made these cards to back during this time frame. What happened they copied some of the plate's and made others with different card numbers on them. This explains why the photo is the same, but different card numbers. The Sporting News only made this one 200 cards set to advertise there newspaper. All the others cards came from the pirate company because The Sporting News was NOT INTO MAKE BASEBALL CARDS ONLY SELLING NEWSPAPER AND THAT A FACT. Here is a list of Joe Tinker M101-4 and 5. Please take a good look there is only two cards that has THE SPORTING NEWS back everyhing else has a different advertisement back. There is very few people that really know the truth about these cards. The best source of information about these sets is to talk to the old timers and conduct some research like I have done for the past 2 1/2 years. Food for thought!

1916 Altoona Tribune (M101-4) 174
1916 Block and Kuhl Co. (M101-5) 177
1916 Burgess-Nash Clothiers (M101-4) 174
1916 Everybody's (M101-4) 174
1916 Famous and Barr Clothiers (M101-4) 174
1916 Famous and Barr Clothiers (M101-5) 177
1916 Gimbels (Large Block Print) (M101-5) 177
1916 Gimbels (Large Print) (M101-4) 174
1916 Globe Clothing Store (M101-4) H801-9 174
1916 Green-Joyce Clothiers (M101-4) 174
1916 Herpolsheimer Co. (M101-4) 174
1916 Holmes to Homes (M101-5) 177
1916 Indianapolis Brewing Co (M101-4) 174
1916 Mall Theatre (M101-4) 174
1916 Morehouse Baking Co. (M101-4) D352 174
1916 Sporting News M101-4 174
1916 Sporting News M101-5 177
1916 Standard Biscuit (M101-5) D350-2 177
1916 Successful Farming (M101-5) 177