I was a little careless in my first post--the m101-5s predated the m101-4s by only a few to several weeks, not as far as three months. M101-5 could not have been released before February 20, 1916. M101-4 was likely ready for release by April 6, 1916; i.e. 47 days later. The actual dates that these cards were printed is likely even closer in time.
The card numbering is irrelevant to which came first, as Mendelsohn made player changes that affected his attempt to number in alphabetical order. It is logical to assume that Burdick would have designated the lower number m101-4 as earlier in time to the m101-5-- why he did not is unknown. The changes in the two sets makes clear that Mendelsohn was updating the cards' accuracy in m101-4; e.g. changing #2 Agnew's team from Browns (m101-5) to Red Sox (m101-4) to reflect a trade to Boston in December '15--thus m101-4 came later. BTW as Quan noted, the m101-5 Sisler identified him as a pitcher (same pose) rather than the 1b captioned in m101-4.
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