General M116 Sporting Life Question

[Leon]

Originally Posted by cubman1941

Appreciate this thread - I found I have a couple variations I never realized as i hadn't checked the backs.

I like back collecting as much as front collecting. (from the last collection)

[StraightRaceCards]

Trying to understand the M116 Sporting Life Set a little better here.

Does anyone have a master list for every player / front color variation?

I used TCDB as a starting point, but trying to determine what players all have blue/green background vs pastel vs the white/gray front.

Some of the grading companies labeling confuses me as a "Blue Back" to me but the card seems like a pastel in some cases. Do you know why that is the case?

Here is what I came up for hall of famers with based on TCDB:

Solid Blue Background:
Frank Chance
Chief Bender

Blue/Green Background:
Roger Bresnahan
Mordecai Brown
Ty Cobb
Eddie Collins
Sam Crawford
Hughie Jennings
Nap Lajoie
Christy Mathewson
Honus Wagner

Pastel Background:
Frank Baker
Roger Bresnahan
Chief Bender
Buster Brown
Frank Chance
Fred Clarke
Eddie Collins
Sam Crawford
Miller Huggins
Hughie Jennings
Nap Lajoie
Christy Mathewson
Eddie Plank
Joe Tinker
Honus Wagner
Vic Willis
Cy Young

Gray/White Background:
Chief Bender
Frank Baker
Mordecai Brown
Frank Chance
Hugh Duffy
Johnny Evers
Elmer Flick
Clark Griffith
Harry Hooper
Walter Johnson
Addie Joss
Connie Mack
John McGraw
Tris Speaker
Rube Waddell
Bobby Wallace
Ed Walsh

Not my card, but the Cy Young is a good representation on what confuses me for the front color labeling. This to me looks pastel, but is labeled "Blue"

Would also love to see anyone show off their M116's. Looks like it's been a while since that's been done...!


Matt Galvin

[nolemmings]

Here's a link to the Old Cardboard checklist (an invaluable site IMO):
https://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m116/m116SearchIndex.asp
"Blue back" is a reference to the advertising on the back, as the cards can be found with either blue or black print.

[x2drich2000]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

Here's a link to the Old Cardboard checklist (an invaluable site IMO):
https://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m116/m116SearchIndex.asp
"Blue back" is a reference to the advertising on the back, as the cards can be found with either in blue or black print.

To expand on Todd's comment a little bit, the backs of the cards come with several different variations including some printed in blue and black color print. If you look at Leon's image in the post above as an example, both the Conroy and Moren have the same text back, but in different colors. Young can be found with both black and blue printed backs, but is only found with the pastel background on the front of the card. Meanwhile, some players like Wagner can be found with both a pastel and blue background on the front of the card, but only blue printed backs.

[StraightRaceCards]

Thanks guys!

I hadn’t considered the backs, that makes sense!

[molenick]

This is my Jennings pair.

[brianp-beme]

And there is always the mystery hand cut blank back cards...here is my example.

Brian

[Casey2296]

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One of my favorite images of Tris Speaker, I imagine if this image made it to the T206 portrait set it would be one of the most popular cards in the set.

Also, can't go wrong with Smoky Joe Wood.
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