1916 Altoona Tribune Set (M101-4)

‘It’s In The Details’
Title | Altoona Tribune M101-4 |
Year | 1916 |
Size | 1 5/8″ x 3″ |
Images | Black and White |
Type | Publications |
Number in Set |
200 |
1916 Altoona Tribune M101-4 Overview
The M101-4 series is one of the more well-known of the M101 Sporting News issues and includes smaller, traditional trading cards. The cards feature black and white images of players along with the name, position, team, and card number on the bottom.
The set is widely known for producing what is considered by many to be the Babe Ruth rookie card.
While the set is often called the Sporting News set, numerous advertisers used these cards in their own sets. One of those was the Altoona Tribune.
These cards are exactly like the regular M101-4 Sporting News cards but the difference is identified on the back. Instead of a Sporting News advertisement, there is one for the Altoona Tribune. It says, “Read the doings of your favorite star in The Tribune, Altoona’s leading morning newspaper.” The ad also mentioned that full box scores were produced daily.
It isn’t known how all of these cards were distributed. However, one advertisement for them found in recent years explains how some of them were given away. Children were given 20 of them in June 2016 for showing up at the newspaper’s address. In addition, a full set of 200 could be obtained by calling into the newspaper’s office and filling out two coupons/forms. The cards were advertised as being free of charge.
About the M101-4 Set
These cards utilized the same pictures and checklist of the M101-4 set.
The M101-4 set was created by Felix Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn produced the set then peddled the issue to various companies for their own distribution. It’s usually called the Sporting News set but that isn’t really accurate.
While Sporting News did use the cards as evidenced by their advertising backs found on some, they were only one company that did so. Many other companies, including the Altoona Tribune, distributed these cards as well.
You can find more on the various companies using these cards here.
1916 Altoona Tribune M101-4 Checklist
This checklist is from the M101-4 Sporting News/Mendelsohn set and assumes that the Altoona Tribune cards followed the same checklist.
- Babe Adams
- Sam Agnew
- Eddie Ainsworth
- Grover Alexander
- Leon Ames
- Jimmy Archer
- Jimmy Austin
- H.D. Baird
- Home Run Baker
- Dave Bancroft
- Jack Barry
- Zinn Beck
- Chief Bender
- Joe Benz
- Bob Bescher
- Al Betzel
- Mordecai Brown
- Eddie Burns
- George Burns
- George J. Burns
- Joe Bush
- Donie Bush
- Art Butler
- Bobby Byrne
- Forrest Cady
- Jimmy Callahan
- Ray Caldwell
- Max Carey
- George Chalmers
- Ray Chapman
- Larry Cheney
- Eddie Cicotte
- Tom Clarke
- Eddie Collins
- Shauno Collins
- Charles Comiskey
- Joe Connolly
- Ty Cobb
- Harry Coveleski
- Gavvy Cravath
- Sam Crawford
- Jean Dale
- Jake Daubert
- Charles Deal
- Al Demaree
- Josh Devore
- William Doak
- Bill Donovan
- Red Dooin
- Mike Doolan
- Larry Doyle
- Jean Dubuc
- Oscar Dugey
- Johnny Evers
- Red Faber
- Happy Felsch
- Bill Fischer
- Ray Fisher
- Max Flack
- Art Fletcher
- Eddie Foster
- Jacques Fournier
- Del Gainor
- Chick Gandil
- Larry Gardner
- Joe Gedeon
- Gus Getz
- George Gibons
- Wilbur Goode
- Hank Gowdy
- John Graney
- Clark Griffith
- Tom Griffith
- Heinie Groh
- Earl Hamilton
- Bob Harmon
- Roy Hartzell
- Claude Hendrix
- Olaf Henriksen
- John Henry
- Buck Herzog
- Hugh High
- Dick Hoblitzell
- Harry Hooper
- Ivan Howard
- Miller Huggins
- Joe Jackson
- William James
- Harold Janvrin
- Hughie Jennings
- Walter Johnson
- Fielder Jones
- Joe Judge
- Bennie Kauff
- Bill Killefer
- Ed Konetchy
- Nap Lajoie
- Jack Lapp
- John Lavan
- Jimmy Lavender
- Nemo Leibold
- H.B. Leonard
- Duffy Lewis
- Hans Lobert
- Tom Long
- Fred LUderus
- Connie Mack
- Lee Magee
- Sherry Magee
- Al Mamaux
- Leslie Mann
- Rabbit Maranville
- Rube Marquard
- Erskine Mayer
- George McBride
- John McGraw
- Jack McInnis
- Fred Merkle
- Chief Meeyrs
- Clyde Milan
- John Miller
- Otto Miller
- Willie Mitchell
- Fred Mollwitz
- Pat Moran
- Ray Morgan
- George Moriarty
- Guy Morton
- Mike Mowrey
- Ed Murphy
- Hy Myers
- J.A. Niehoff
- Rube Oldring
- Oliver O’Mara
- Steve O’Neill
- Dode Paskert
- Roger Peckinpaugh
- Wally Pipp
- Derril Pratt
- Pat Ragan
- Bill Rariden
- Eppa Rixey
- Davey Robertson
- Wilbert Robinson
- Bob Roth
- Edd Roush
- Clarence Rowland
- Nap Rucker
- Dick Rudolph
- Reb Russell
- Babe Ruth
- Vic Saier
- Slim Sallee
- Ray Schalk
- Wally Schang
- Frank Schulte
- Everett Scott
- Jim Scott
- Tom Seaton
- Howard Shanks
- Bob Shawkey
- Ernie Shore
- Burt Shotton
- George Sisler
- J. Carlisle Smith
- Fred Snodgrass
- George Stallings
- Oscar Stanage
- Casey Stengel
- Milton Stock
- Amos Strunk
- Billy Sullivan
- Jeff Tesreau
- Joe Tinker
- Fred Toney
- Terry Turner
- George Tyler
- Jim Vaughn
- Bob Veach
- James Viox
- Oscar Vitt
- Honus Wagner
- Clarence Walker
- Ed Walsh
- W. Wambsganss
- Buck Weaver
- Carl Weilman
- Zack Wheat
- George Whitted
- Fred Williams
- Art Wilson
- Owen Wilson
- Ivy Wingo
- Mel Wolfgang
- Smoky Joe Wood
- Steve Yerkes
- Pep Young
- Rollie Zeider
- Heinie Zimmerman
- Ed Zwilling
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