1909-13 M101-2 Sporting News Supplements and Checklist

‘It’s In The Details’

Title M101-2 Sporting News Supplements
Year 1909-13
Size 8″ x 10″
Images Sepia
Type Publications
Number in Set
100

M101-2 Sporting News Supplements Overview

001A total of nine different subsets make up the famous M101 Sporting News and Supplements series. The nine subsets are categorized as M-Cards in the Periodicals section of the American Card Catalog.

The nine sets are a mixture of both cards and large supplements issued by the Sporting News. With approximately 700 cards and supplements, the issue is a large one, to say the least.

The M101-2 series includes larger supplements that were issued with Sporting News beginning in July of 1909 and ending in 1913.

Subjects range in poses as some are portraits while others are full-length shots. The player’s name and team are printed inside of a small box while the image is a full-bleed photo. Most backs are blank but a small number are known to contain advertisements. Those, of course, are worth a premium over the blank-backed ones. A total of four different advertisements are known.

Most of the supplements have a pair of small boxes – one identifying the subject and another indicating they were a supplement to the Sporting News. However, a few have the ‘Supplement to the Sporting News’ text in a strip/banner across the top.

While most were pictures of individual players, some had more than one player or were team issues.

These supplements are difficult to find in high-grade condition and if you’ve ever seen one in person, you can easily see why. They were printed on thin paper and often have creases or rips/tears in them. In low-grade, commons start at around $10.

M101-2 Sporting News Supplements Checklist

  1. Charles Adams
  2. Cleveland Alexander
  3. Jimmy Archer
  4. Home Run Baker
  5. Jack Barry
  6. George Bell
  7. Chief Bender
  8. Bob Bescher
  9. Joe Birmingham
  10. Ping Bodie
  11. Boston Red Sox
  12. Roger Bresnahan
  13. Mordecai Brown
  14. Owen Bush
  15. Bobby Byrnes
  16. James Callahan
  17. Bill Carrigan
  18. Frank Chance
  19. Hal Chase
  20. Chicago Cubs
  21. Fred Clarke
  22. Ty Cobb
  23. Ty Cobb/Honus Wagner
  24. Leonard Cole
  25. Eddie Collins
  26. Charles Comiskey
  27. John Coombs
  28. Sam Crawford
  29. Lou Criger/Cy Young
  30. Jake Daubert
  31. Harry Davis
  32. Al Demaree
  33. Detroit Tigers Team
  34. Red Dooin
  35. Larry Doyle
  36. Johnny Evers
  37. Art Fletcher
  38. Russ Ford
  39. Del Gainor
  40. George Gibson/Art Raymond
  41. Vean Gregg
  42. Clark Griffith
  43. Bob Harmon
  44. Arnold Hauser
  45. August Hermann
  46. Buck Herzog
  47. Solly Hofman
  48. Joe Jackson
  49. Hughie Jennings
  50. Ban Johnson
  51. Walter Johnson/Charles Street
  52. Addie Joss
  53. William Kelly/Marty O’Toole
  54. Johnny Kling
  55. Ed Konetchy
  56. Harry Krause
  57. Nap Lajoie
  58. Jimmy Lavender
  59. Tommy Leach
  60. Hans Lobert
  61. Harry Lord
  62. Connie Mack
  63. Sherry Magee
  64. Rube Marquard
  65. Christy Mathewson
  66. Jim McAleer
  67. John McGraw
  68. John McInnis
  69. John McLean
  70. Fred Merkle
  71. Chief Meyers
  72. Clyde Milan
  73. George Mullin
  74. New York Giants
  75. Orval Overall
  76. Philadelphia Athletics
  77. Pittsburgh Pirates Team
  78. Eddie Plank
  79. Lew Ritchie
  80. Nap Rucker
  81. Ray Schalk
  82. Wildfire Schulte
  83. Fred Snodgrass
  84. Charles Somers
  85. Tris Speaker
  86. Jake Stahl
  87. George Stovall
  88. John Taylor
  89. Jeff Tesreau
  90. Ira Thomas
  91. Joe Tinker
  92. Umpires
  93. Heinie Wagner
  94. Honus Wagner
  95. Bobby Wallace
  96. Ed Walsh
  97. Zack Wheat
  98. Doc White
  99. Smoky Joe Wood
  100. Heinie Zimmerman

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