Interesting m101-4 info from 1972

[nolemmings]

I acquired a copy of the November 1972 edition of the Trader Speaks, and it appears that it was only then that the m101-4 cards were discovered to have back advertising for The Sporting News. Seems from the scan below that Buck Barker himself heralded the news. This is remarkable to me– that the set Burdick associated with TSN all those years prior was not found with any advertising back for that baseball periodical until 56 years after it was issued. This is particularly surprising since today TSN backs are far and away the most commonly found of all m101 advertisers (also surprising is that the other commonly found back–Famous and Barr– was not discovered until 1971). Finally, note that Bill Wambsganss himself confirmed that the m101-4 card supposedly depicting him instead shows Fritz Coumbe.